Hampden Park level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Sussex route (ELR KJE3).

predicted
CLOSED
for 20s

Information only. Always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.

next: πŸš„ now Β· 2 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:00–10:00 20s
MAY OPEN 10:00–10:01 1m
CLOSED 10:01–10:05 3m
OPEN 10:05–10:10 6m
CLOSED 10:10–10:14 3m
OPEN 10:14–10:18 4m
CLOSED 10:18–10:21 3m
OPEN 10:21–10:32 β†’ 11m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:00
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:56 πŸš† 2D22 Eastbourne β†’ Ashford International Up (S β†’ N) +1 min
09:59 πŸš„ 1F10 London Victoria (C) β†’ Eastbourne Down (N β†’ S) passed
10:00 πŸš† 2U19 Eastbourne β†’ Brighton Up (S β†’ N) passed
10:00 πŸš„ 1U22 Brighton β†’ Ore Down (N β†’ S) approaching
10:04 πŸš„ 1F21 Ore β†’ London Victoria (C) Down (N β†’ S) approaching
10:13 πŸš„ 1F12 London Victoria (C) β†’ Ore Down (N β†’ S) +1 min
10:21 πŸš„ 1U19 Ore β†’ Brighton Down (N β†’ S) +2 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 10:00:12 Β· 204 avg Β· 7 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,963 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Hampden Park crossing is predicted to be closed for about 8 h 50 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 82 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 16 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.

Longest closure so far today: 21.4 min (09:07–09:29, 6 trains), timed from trains actually seen on the signalling wire: the window edges use the same per-type margins as the forecast, since barrier positions aren't in any feed we can read.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 07:14–08:14 in the morning and around 18:12–19:12 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

The crossing is on Mountfield Road in Hampden Park, East Sussex, next to the station.

Hampden Park is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Willingdon Jn–Eastbourne line (Sussex route · ELR KJE3). 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.

How accurate is this forecast?

We score this page against what actually happened on the railway: over the last 7 days that covered 1,790 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.3% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±17s (9 in 10 within 88s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report β†’

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