CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the North West route (ELR CDM2).
Information only. Always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.
| 10:05 | 🚃 6E09 | Liverpool Biomass TML GBF → Drax AES Up (S → N) | +2 min |
| 10:30 | 🚛 6F33 | Bredbury R.T.S. → Runcorn Folly Lane Down (N → S) | no show |
| 10:38 | 🚆 2D44 | Manchester Piccadilly → Chester Down (N → S) | on time |
On today’s timetable, Hale crossing is predicted to be closed for about 2 h 28 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 35 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 5 minutes. Freight paths scheduled “as required” (most don’t run on any given day) aren’t counted here; when one does run, the live timeline above shows it.
Closures cluster around 06:49–07:49 in the morning and around 17:14–18:14 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.
The crossing is on Ashley Road in Hale, Greater Manchester, next to the station.
Hale is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Stockport–Ashley line (North West route · ELR CDM2). A signaller monitors the crossing, confirms it is clear, and lowers the barriers ahead of each train. Forecasts here combine the working timetable with live train-movement data (and live signalling where the crossing has it), so they reflect actual running including delays and freight, though they can still be wrong when the network is disrupted.
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