Lolham level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR ECM1).

predicted
CLOSED
for 52s

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

next: 🚄 now · 1 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 09:20–09:21 52s
MAY OPEN 09:21–09:23 2m
CLOSED 09:23–09:26 3m
MAY OPEN 09:26–09:28 2m
CLOSED 09:28–09:42 14m
OPEN 09:42–09:47 5m
CLOSED 09:47–09:50 3m
OPEN 09:50–09:55 → 4m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 09:20
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:12 🚄 1A59 Bradford InterchangeLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) +6 min
09:15 🚄 1A60 SunderlandLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) +5 min
09:20 🚄 1S08 London Kings CrossEdinburgh Down (SE → NW) passed
09:21 🚄 1A11 Bradford Forster SquareLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) approaching
09:26 🚄 1N03 London Kings CrossNewcastle Down (SE → NW) approaching
09:31 🚄 1E02 EdinburghLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) +2 min
09:31 🚄 1D07 London Kings CrossHarrogate Down (SE → NW) -2 min
09:31 🚄 1L05 SheffieldNorwich Up (NW → SE) +1 min
09:34 🚄 1Y81 MiddlesbroughLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) on time
09:37 🚄 1E80 EdinburghLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) -5 min
09:40 🚄 1B82 London Kings CrossLincoln Down (SE → NW) -2 min
09:41 🚄 1R64 NorwichLiverpool Lime Street HL/ML Down (SE → NW) +1 min
09:50 🚄 1A12 LeedsLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) -1 min
🚄Express passenger
now 09:20:57 · 266 avg · 13 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,494 active · 28,102 delays · 3,115 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Lolham crossing is predicted to be closed for about 11 h 27 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 113 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 19 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: 10.1 min (08:56–09:06, 4 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 07:17–08:17 in the morning and around 12:01–13:01 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

Lolham is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Peterborough North Yd GBRf–Grantham line (East Coast route · ELR ECM1). A signaller monitors the crossing, confirms it is clear, and lowers the barriers ahead of each train. 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 1,578 trains through this crossing.

99.9% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.5% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±1s (9 in 10 within 2s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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