Kirkby La Thorpe level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the East Midlands route (ELR GRS2).

predicted
OPEN
for 1 min

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

next: 🚆 in 3 min · 15 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 11:10–11:11 1m
CLOSED 11:11–11:13 2m
OPEN 11:13–11:25 12m
CLOSED 11:25–11:26 2m
OPEN 11:26–12:01 → 35m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 11:10
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

11:12 🚆 2S93 NottinghamSkegness Down (W → E) +15 min
11:21 🚧 3J42 Doncaster Up DecoyPeterborough Down (W → E) no reports
11:26 🚆 2O10 SkegnessNottingham Up (E → W) +13 min
🚆Passenger 🚧Engineering
now 11:10:19 · 31 avg · 3 in window
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,732 active · 30,460 delays · 3,241 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Kirkby La Thorpe crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 27 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 33 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 10:23–11:23 in the morning and around 18:58–19:58 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Kirkby La Thorpe is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Grantham–Boston line (East Midlands route · ELR GRS2). 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.

How accurate is this forecast?

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