Llanbadarn level crossing

Trainman-operated barrier level crossing on the Wales route (ELR VOR).

predicted
OPEN
for 4 min

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

next: 🚆 in 5 min · on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 07:12–07:16 4m
CLOSED 07:16–07:17 2m
OPEN 07:17–07:27 10m
CLOSED 07:27–07:29 2m
OPEN 07:29–08:15 → 47m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 07:12
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:17 🚆 2J41 MachynllethAberystwyth Down (NE → SW) approaching
07:28 🚄 1I08 AberystwythBirmingham International Up (SW → NE) active
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger
now 07:12:07 · 35 avg · 2 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,149 active · 25,036 delays · 3,031 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Llanbadarn crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 26 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 30 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: 1.5 min (05:09–05:11, 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 10:30–11:30 in the morning and around 16:30–17:30 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Llanbadarn is a trainman-operated barrier crossing (TMOB) on the Borth–Aberystwyth line (Wales route · ELR VOR). 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 222 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 96.5% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±15s (9 in 10 within 622s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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