North Sheen level crossing

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

predicted
OPEN
for 2 min

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

next: πŸš† in 5 min Β· 1 min early

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:59–10:01 2m
CLOSED 10:01–10:06 4m
OPEN 10:06–10:10 4m
CLOSED 10:10–10:22 12m
MAY OPEN 10:22–10:23 58s
CLOSED 10:23–10:28 5m
OPEN 10:28–10:30 β†’ 2m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:52 πŸš† 2U21 London Waterloo β†’ Windsor & Eton Riverside Down (E β†’ W) on time
09:52 πŸš† 2K15 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) +2 min
09:56 πŸš† 2O19 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Down (E β†’ W) passed
09:58 πŸš† 2U22 Windsor & Eton Riverside β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) passed
10:04 πŸš† 2V17 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) approaching
10:05 πŸš† 2C23 London Waterloo β†’ Reading Down (E β†’ W) approaching
10:10 πŸšƒ 5T81 Clapham Yard Sidings β†’ London Waterloo Down (E β†’ W) no show
10:13 πŸšƒ 5B97 Clapham Yard Sidings β†’ Northam C.S.D. Down (E β†’ W) active
10:16 πŸš† 2C24 Reading β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) on time
10:19 πŸš† 2K17 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) -1 min
10:22 πŸš† 2U23 London Waterloo β†’ Windsor & Eton Riverside Down (E β†’ W) active
10:26 πŸš† 2O21 London Waterloo β†’ London Waterloo Down (E β†’ W) active
10:27 πŸš† 2U24 Windsor & Eton Riverside β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) -1 min
πŸš†Passenger πŸšƒEmpty stock
now 09:59:57 Β· 310 avg Β· 13 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,963 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, North Sheen crossing is predicted to be closed for about 12 h 18 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 129 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 18 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: 13.9 min (08:23–08:37, 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 07:58–08:58 in the morning and around 17:12–18:12 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 Manor Road in Richmond, London, next to North Sheen station.

North Sheen is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Barnes–Twickenham 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 1,599 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 Β±79s (9 in 10 within 119s). 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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