Melton Lane level crossing

Manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection level crossing on the North and East route (ELR HUL1).

predicted
OPEN
for 3 min

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

next: πŸš† in 6 min Β· 1 min early

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:40–09:43 3m
CLOSED 09:43–09:47 4m
OPEN 09:47–10:22 β†’ 35m
Under the hood
Sat 17 Oct Β· 09:40
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:37 πŸš† 2R07 York β†’ Hull Down (W β†’ E) passed
09:46 πŸš† 2R04 Hull β†’ York Up (E β†’ W) approaching
09:46 πŸš„ 1H01 London Kings Cross β†’ Hull Down (W β†’ E) approaching
10:07 πŸšƒ 4D88 Milford West Sidings β†’ Hull Biomass LP (DBS) Down (W β†’ E) no show
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸšƒEmpty stock
now 09:40:31 Β· 133 avg Β· 4 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-16..2026-10-18
fetched 02:08:22
trust 40,954 active Β· 36,373 delays Β· 2,747 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Melton Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 4 h 32 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 63 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 7 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: 7.1 min (07:07–07:14, 3 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 08:51–09:51 in the morning and around 20:43–21:43 in the evening. 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 Gibson Lane South in Melton, East Riding of Yorkshire.

Melton Lane is a manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection crossing (MCBOD) on the Goole–Hull Dairycoates Tlcn GBRf line (North and East route · ELR HUL1). An obstacle-detection system scans the crossing and confirms it is clear before the barriers lower automatically. 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 1,300 trains through this crossing.

99.9% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.4% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±10s (9 in 10 within 74s). 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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