Holmes Junction level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the North and East route (ELR TJC2).

predicted
CLOSED
for 5 min

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

next: 🚆 in 1 min · on time

Next 30 min

CLOSED 09:21–09:26 5m
OPEN 09:26–09:34 8m
CLOSED 09:34–09:37 3m
OPEN 09:37–09:43 6m
CLOSED 09:43–09:48 5m
OPEN 09:48–09:54 → 6m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 09:21
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:18 🚄 1B68 Liverpool Lime Street HL/MLCleethorpes Down (W → E) passed
09:19 🚄 1N06 LeedsSheffield Down (W → E) -1 min
09:20 🚛 6J04 Hedon Road SidingsTinsley S.S. Up (E → W) cancelled
09:22 🚆 2N09 SheffieldLeeds Down (W → E) approaching
09:25 🚄 1S35 Bristol Temple MeadsEdinburgh Down (W → E) standing 6 min
09:37 🚄 1J42 ScarboroughSheffield Down (W → E) on time
09:37 🚄 1E79 ReadingNewcastle Down (W → E) +1 min
09:46 🚄 1V50 EdinburghPlymouth Down (W → E) +1 min
09:48 🚆 2N06 LeedsSheffield Down (W → E) on time
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger 🚛Freight
now 09:21:32 · 270 avg · 9 in window
live observation: 0 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,495 active · 28,116 delays · 3,113 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Holmes Junction crossing is predicted to be closed for about 10 h between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 143 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 11 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: 3.2 min (00:06–00:09, 1 train), 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 07:12–08:12 in the morning and around 17:11–18:11 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Holmes Junction is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Sheffield–Parkgate line (North and East route · ELR TJC2). 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 825 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 46.8% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±30s (9 in 10 within 394s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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