Itford level crossing

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

predicted
OPEN
for 3 min

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

next: 🚃 in 4 min · 4 min early

Next 30 min

OPEN 04:54–04:57 3m
CLOSED 04:57–04:58 50s
OPEN 04:58–05:01 3m
CLOSED 05:01–05:02 50s
OPEN 05:02–05:04 2m
CLOSED 05:04–05:05 50s
OPEN 05:05–05:09 4m
CLOSED 05:09–05:10 50s
OPEN 05:10–05:11 1m
CLOSED 05:11–05:14 2m
OPEN 05:14–05:19 5m
CLOSED 05:19–05:19 50s
OPEN 05:19–05:35 → 16m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 04:54
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

04:58 🚃 5C02 BrightonSeaford Down (N → S) approaching
05:02 🚛 6O12 Hanwell Bridge LoopNewhaven Day Aggs Down (N → S) -25 min
05:05 🚆 2C01 SeafordBrighton Up (S → N) approaching
05:10 🚛 6O90 Acton T.C.Newhaven Marine Ag Tml DBC Down (N → S) -20 min
05:12 🚄 1F01 EastbourneLondon Victoria (C) Up (S → N) +1 min
05:14 🚄 1U02 BrightonOre Down (N → S) active
05:19 🚃 5C04 BrightonSeaford Down (N → S) active
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight
now 04:54:30 · 215 avg · 7 in window
live observation: 2 up · 2 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 48,716 active · 21,545 delays · 2,956 cancelled · 0 reconnects
About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Itford crossing is predicted to be closed for about 5 h 44 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 183 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 3 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: 0.6 min (23:59–00:00, 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 08:37–09:37 in the morning and around 14:28–15:28 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

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 1,430 trains through this crossing.

99.7% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.9% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±107s (9 in 10 within 336s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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