Meadow Lane level crossing

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

predicted
OPEN
for 21s

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

next: πŸš† in 3 min Β· 1 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 10:43–10:43 21s
CLOSED 10:43–10:49 6m
MAY OPEN 10:49–10:50 44s
CLOSED 10:50–10:56 6m
MAY OPEN 10:56–10:57 36s
CLOSED 10:57–11:00 3m
OPEN 11:00–11:02 2m
CLOSED 11:02–11:07 5m
OPEN 11:07–11:11 4m
CLOSED 11:11–11:21 β†’ 9m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:43
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:34 πŸš† 2N55 Matlock β†’ Lincoln Down (SW β†’ NE) +1 min
10:35 πŸš› 6M57 Humber Oil Refinery β†’ Kingsbury Oil Sdgs Up (NE β†’ SW) +3 min
10:42 πŸš„ 1D21 London St. Pancras β†’ Nottingham Down (SW β†’ NE) +1 min
10:46 πŸš† 2P58 Nottingham β†’ Leicester Up (NE β†’ SW) approaching
10:49 πŸš„ 1G22 Nottingham β†’ Birmingham New Street Up (NE β†’ SW) on time
10:53 πŸš„ 1M92 Cardiff Central β†’ Nottingham Down (SW β†’ NE) +5 min
10:56 πŸš„ 1B37 Nottingham β†’ London St. Pancras Up (NE β†’ SW) active
11:00 πŸš„ 1D23 London St. Pancras β†’ Nottingham Down (SW β†’ NE) -1 min
11:05 πŸš„ 1K61 Lincoln β†’ Crewe Up (NE β†’ SW) on time
11:07 πŸš„ 1N56 Crewe β†’ Lincoln Down (SW β†’ NE) +3 min
11:14 πŸš† 2P57 Leicester β†’ Nottingham Down (SW β†’ NE) +2 min
11:15 πŸš„ 1D57 Birmingham New Street β†’ Nottingham Down (SW β†’ NE) +5 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸš›Freight
now 10:43:08 Β· 274 avg Β· 12 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,213 active Β· 31,726 delays Β· 2,031 cancelled Β· 9 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 40 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 122 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: 16.8 min (08:00–08:17, 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 12:00–13:00 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

The crossing is on Meadow Lane in Long Eaton, Derbyshire.

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 1,645 trains through this crossing.

99.7% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.1% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±8s (9 in 10 within 44s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report β†’

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