Newhaven Town level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Sussex route (ELR STS).

predicted
OPEN
for 31s

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

next: 🚆 in 4 min · on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 04:55–04:56 31s
CLOSED 04:56–05:03 7m
OPEN 05:03–05:14 11m
CLOSED 05:14–05:19 5m
OPEN 05:19–05:23 4m
CLOSED 05:23–05:26 → 3m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 04:55
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

04:59 🚆 2C01 SeafordBrighton Up (S → N) approaching
05:03 🚃 5C02 BrightonSeaford Down (N → S) approaching
05:19 🚛 6O90 Acton T.C.Newhaven Marine Ag Tml DBC Down (N → S) -20 min
05:26 🚃 5C04 BrightonSeaford Down (N → S) active
🚆Passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight
now 04:55:57 · 84 avg · 4 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 48,724 active · 21,566 delays · 2,955 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Newhaven Town crossing is predicted to be closed for about 4 h 52 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 64 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 3 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: 3.2 min (04:37–04:40, 1 train), 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 06:00–07:00 in the morning and around 17:37–18:37 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Newhaven Town is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Lewes–Newhaven Marine Ag Tml DBC line (Sussex route · ELR STS). 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 542 trains through this crossing.

100.0% 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 ±8s (9 in 10 within 35s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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