Hest Bank level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the North West route (ELR CGJ7).

predicted
OPEN
for 2 min

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

next: πŸš„ in 5 min Β· 5 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:59–10:01 2m
CLOSED 10:01–10:04 3m
MAY OPEN 10:04–10:06 1m
CLOSED 10:06–10:09 3m
OPEN 10:09–10:13 4m
CLOSED 10:13–10:18 5m
OPEN 10:18–10:21 2m
CLOSED 10:21–10:28 7m
OPEN 10:28–10:32 β†’ 4m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:56 πŸš„ 9M51 Glasgow Central High Level β†’ London Euston Up (NE β†’ SW) +4 min
10:04 πŸš„ 1S42 London Euston β†’ Glasgow Central High Level Down (SW β†’ NE) +5 min
10:05 🚧 6E73 Shap Summit Quarry β†’ Doncaster Up Decoy Up (NE β†’ SW) no show
10:09 πŸš„ 1C70 Manchester Airport β†’ Windermere Down (SW β†’ NE) +3 min
10:16 πŸš„ 1M73 Glasgow Central High Level β†’ Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML Up (NE β†’ SW) +2 min
10:18 πŸš† 2T51 Lancaster β†’ Corkickle Down (SW β†’ NE) active
10:24 πŸš„ 1M83 Edinburgh β†’ Manchester Airport Up (NE β†’ SW) +3 min
10:26 πŸš† 2H05 Leeds β†’ Morecambe Up (NE β†’ SW) +27 min
10:26 πŸš„ 1S40 Manchester Airport β†’ Glasgow Central High Level Down (SW β†’ NE) +2 min
10:28 πŸš„ 1Y80 Windermere β†’ Manchester Airport Up (NE β†’ SW) active
10:28 πŸš„ 9S44 London Euston β†’ Edinburgh Down (SW β†’ NE) +16 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger 🚧Engineering
now 09:59:42 Β· 251 avg Β· 11 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
Nearby crossings

All 148 crossings in North West and Central β†’

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Hest Bank crossing is predicted to be closed for about 10 h 5 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 115 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 19 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: 11.0 min (06:42–06:53, 4 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 10:03–11:03 in the morning and around 13:04–14:04 in the middle of the day. 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 The Shore in Hest Bank, Lancashire.

Hest Bank is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Morecambe–Oxenholme Lake District line (North West route · ELR CGJ7). 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 1,316 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.3% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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