Kings Fernsden level crossing

Manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection level crossing on the Wessex route (ELR WPH1).

predicted
OPEN
for 3 min

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

next: πŸš„ in 6 min Β· 2 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 10:00–10:04 3m
CLOSED 10:04–10:09 5m
OPEN 10:09–10:28 19m
CLOSED 10:28–10:32 β†’ 3m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:00
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:07 πŸš„ 1P21 London Waterloo β†’ Portsmouth Harbour Down (NE β†’ SW) approaching
10:09 πŸš„ 1P30 Portsmouth Harbour β†’ London Waterloo Up (SW β†’ NE) approaching
10:31 πŸš„ 1P23 London Waterloo β†’ Portsmouth Harbour Down (NE β†’ SW) -1 min
πŸš„Express passenger
now 10:00:51 Β· 107 avg Β· 3 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· 1,966 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Kings Fernsden crossing is predicted to be closed for about 5 h 54 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 67 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 10 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: 6.3 min (08:08–08:14, 2 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 08:03–09:03 in the morning and around 15:45–16:45 in the afternoon. 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 Kingsfernsden Lane in Sheet, Hampshire.

Kings Fernsden is a manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection crossing (MCBOD) on the Haslemere–Havant line (Wessex route · ELR WPH1). An obstacle-detection system scans the crossing and confirms it is clear before the barriers lower automatically. 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 694 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.4% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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