Manually-controlled barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR LEN3).
Information only — always follow the signals and barriers at the crossing. Predictions may be wrong.
| 02:27 | 🚛 6D97 | Lackenby B.S.C. → Scunthorpe B.S.C.(Ent.C.) Up (N → S) | -45 min |
On today’s timetable, Low Gates crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 57 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 53 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 8 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: 3.2 min (00:43–00:46, 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.
Closures cluster around 07:26–08:26 in the morning and around 15:12–16:12 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.
Low Gates is a manually-controlled barrier crossing (MCB/MB) on the Northallerton–Up line (East Coast route · ELR LEN3). 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.
Our accuracy measurement doesn't cover this crossing yet. Reports from people at the crossing are the ground truth here. How we measure →