Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the North West route (ELR WBS3).
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On today’s timetable, Hoscar crossing is predicted to be closed for about 2 h 32 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 60 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 4 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 06:00–07:00 in the morning and around 13:19–14:19 in the middle of the day. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.
Hoscar is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB-X) on the Wigan Wallgate C.S.–Southport line (North West route · ELR WBS3). The approaching train itself triggers the closure at a fixed point on its approach. 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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