Mortlake level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Wessex route (ELR RDG1).

predicted
CLOSED
for 7 min

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

next: πŸš† in 3 min Β· on time

Next 30 min

CLOSED 09:22–09:28 7m
OPEN 09:28–09:31 3m
CLOSED 09:31–09:35 3m
OPEN 09:35–09:42 8m
CLOSED 09:42–09:46 3m
OPEN 09:46–09:48 2m
CLOSED 09:48–09:58 β†’ 10m
Under the hood
Sat 17 Oct Β· 09:22
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:14 πŸš† 2C20 Reading β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) -2 min
09:19 πŸš† 2U19 London Waterloo β†’ Windsor & Eton Riverside Down (E β†’ W) passed
09:21 πŸš† 2K13 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) passed
09:25 πŸš† 2O17 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Down (E β†’ W) approaching
09:28 πŸš† 2U20 Windsor & Eton Riverside β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) -1 min
09:34 πŸš† 2C21 London Waterloo β†’ Reading Down (E β†’ W) on time
09:45 πŸš† 2C22 Reading β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) -1 min
09:51 πŸš„ 1Z21 London Waterloo β†’ Bracknell Down (E β†’ W) active
09:52 πŸš† 2K15 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) on time
09:54 πŸš† 2O19 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Down (E β†’ W) active
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 09:22:00 Β· 183 avg Β· 10 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-16..2026-10-18
fetched 02:08:22
trust 40,559 active Β· 36,002 delays Β· 2,678 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Mortlake crossing is predicted to be closed for about 10 h 37 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 118 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 11 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: 12.9 min (00:12–00:25, 5 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 08:08–09:08 in the morning and around 18:56–19:56 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 Sheen Lane in Mortlake, London, next to the station.

Mortlake is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Barnes–Richmond line (Wessex route · ELR RDG1). 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 1,785 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.7% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±32s (9 in 10 within 95s). 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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