Meadow Lane level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Midlands route (ELR TSN1).

predicted
CLOSED
for 1 min

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

next: 🚛 now · 7 min early

Next 30 min

CLOSED 07:12–07:14 1m
OPEN 07:14–07:18 4m
CLOSED 07:18–07:24 6m
OPEN 07:24–07:27 3m
CLOSED 07:27–07:30 3m
MAY OPEN 07:30–07:32 2m
CLOSED 07:32–07:38 6m
OPEN 07:38–07:44 → 6m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 07:12
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:05 🚆 2A10 NottinghamMatlock Up (NE → SW) no show
07:06 🚄 1D01 KetteringNottingham Down (SW → NE) on time
07:10 🚆 2A47 MatlockNottingham Down (SW → NE) on time
07:12 🚛 4M56 Gloucester N.Y. GBRFBeeston Sims Metals GBRf Down (SW → NE) approaching
07:13 🚄 1V04 NottinghamCardiff Central Up (NE → SW) approaching
07:16 🚃 3A23 Etches Park SdgsBeeston Sidings Down (SW → NE) no show
07:21 🚄 1B16 LincolnLondon St. Pancras Up (NE → SW) on time
07:24 🚄 1D50 Birmingham New StreetNottingham Down (SW → NE) on time
07:30 🚆 2J49 AmbergateCleethorpes Down (SW → NE) on time
07:35 🚃 5Z81 Etches Park SdgsNottingham Down (SW → NE) sched
07:38 🚆 2P52 NottinghamLeicester Up (NE → SW) active
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight
now 07:12:50 · 211 avg · 11 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 · 25,046 delays · 3,032 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Meadow Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 12 h 36 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 121 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 17 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: 16.3 min (06:04–06:20, 6 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 08:39–09:39 in the morning and around 13:58–14:58 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

Meadow Lane is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Trent Sidings–Nottingham line (East Midlands route · ELR TSN1). 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 1,548 trains through this crossing.

99.7% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.0% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±17s (9 in 10 within 272s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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