Mortlake level crossing

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

predicted
OPEN
for 4 min

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

next: 🚆 in 7 min · 2 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 07:12–07:16 4m
CLOSED 07:16–07:20 4m
MAY OPEN 07:20–07:21 1m
CLOSED 07:21–07:24 3m
OPEN 07:24–07:29 4m
CLOSED 07:29–07:38 9m
MAY OPEN 07:38–07:39 1m
CLOSED 07:39–07:42 → 3m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 07:12
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:05 🚆 2C11 London WaterlooReading Down (E → W) +1 min
07:07 🚆 2V05 HounslowLondon Waterloo Up (W → E) +1 min
07:08 🚆 2H89 London WaterlooShepperton Down (E → W) passed
07:19 🚆 2C12 ReadingLondon Waterloo Up (W → E) +2 min
07:20 🚆 2U11 London WaterlooWindsor & Eton Riverside Down (E → W) -1 min
07:24 🚆 2K05 London WaterlooLondon Waterloo Up (W → E) on time
07:24 🚆 2O09 London WaterlooLondon Waterloo Down (E → W) on time
07:32 🚆 2U12 Windsor & Eton RiversideLondon Waterloo Up (W → E) on time
07:34 🚆 2C13 London WaterlooReading Down (E → W) active
07:36 🚆 2H92 SheppertonLondon Waterloo Up (W → E) -1 min
07:38 🚆 2R09 London WaterlooLondon Waterloo Down (E → W) active
07:42 🚄 1N90 FarnhamLondon Waterloo Up (W → E) +2 min
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger
now 07:12:16 · 264 avg · 12 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 · 25,037 delays · 3,031 cancelled · 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 12 h 12 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 117 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 13 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: 8.8 min (06:21–06:30, 4 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 09:28–10:28 in the morning and around 17:13–18:13 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

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 1,713 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.6% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±7s (9 in 10 within 91s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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