Itford level crossing

Level level crossing on the Sussex route (ELR STS).

predicted
CLOSED
for 26s

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

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Next 30 min

CLOSED 09:52–09:52 26s
OPEN 09:52–09:59 7m
CLOSED 09:59–10:00 2m
OPEN 10:00–10:06 5m
CLOSED 10:06–10:06 50s
OPEN 10:06–10:14 8m
CLOSED 10:14–10:15 50s
OPEN 10:15–10:20 5m
CLOSED 10:20–10:21 50s
OPEN 10:21–10:26 β†’ 5m
Under the hood
Sat 17 Oct Β· 09:52
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:43 πŸš„ 1U22 Brighton β†’ Ore Down (N β†’ S) on time
09:51 πŸš„ 1U15 Ore β†’ Brighton Up (S β†’ N) on time
09:52 πŸš„ 1F19 Eastbourne β†’ London Bridge (C) Up (S β†’ N) approaching
10:00 πŸš„ 1F12 London Bridge (C) β†’ Ore Down (N β†’ S) approaching
10:00 πŸš† 2C18 Brighton β†’ Seaford Down (N β†’ S) -1 min
10:06 πŸš† 2C21 Seaford β†’ Brighton Up (S β†’ N) active
10:15 πŸš† 2U20 Brighton β†’ Eastbourne Down (N β†’ S) active
10:21 πŸš† 2U17 Eastbourne β†’ Brighton Up (S β†’ N) active
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 09:52:01 Β· 204 avg Β· 8 in window
live observation: 2 up Β· 2 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-16..2026-10-18
fetched 02:08:22
trust 41,219 active Β· 36,582 delays Β· 2,770 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Itford crossing is predicted to be closed for about 5 h 28 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 186 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 2 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: 2.8 min (08:00–08:03, 3 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 07:29–08:29 in the morning and around 12:00–13:00 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 in Southease, East Sussex, next to the station.

Itford is a level crossing (UWCBMSL) on the Lewes–Newhaven Marine Ag Tml DBC line (Sussex route · ELR STS). 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 1,531 trains through this crossing.

99.7% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.0% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±21s (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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