Offord level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR ECM1).

predicted
OPEN
for 46s

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

next: 🚄 in 4 min · 13 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:20–09:21 46s
CLOSED 09:21–09:29 8m
MAY OPEN 09:29–09:30 2m
CLOSED 09:30–09:36 5m
OPEN 09:36–09:39 3m
CLOSED 09:39–09:52 → 14m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 09:20
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:11 🚄 9J19 PeterboroughHorsham Up (N → S) no show
09:14 🚄 1D07 London Kings CrossHarrogate Down (S → N) -2 min
09:16 🚄 1A09 HullLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) passed
09:16 🚄 9J14 HorshamPeterborough Down (S → N) on time
09:17 🚄 1B82 London Kings CrossLincoln Down (S → N) passed
09:24 🚄 1E01 EdinburghLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) approaching
09:25 🚄 1Y07 Berwick-upon-TweedLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) +1 min
09:29 🚄 1A10 SkiptonLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) +7 min
09:33 🚄 1A59 Bradford InterchangeLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) +6 min
09:35 🚄 1S09 London Kings CrossEdinburgh Down (S → N) -1 min
09:35 🚄 1A60 SunderlandLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) +5 min
09:42 🚄 1D08 London Kings CrossLeeds Down (S → N) on time
09:42 🚄 1A11 Bradford Forster SquareLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) +1 min
09:44 🚄 9J21 PeterboroughHorsham Up (N → S) active
09:47 🚄 9J16 HorshamPeterborough Down (S → N) on time
09:49 🚄 1H02 London Kings CrossHull Down (S → N) -1 min
09:52 🚄 1E02 EdinburghLondon Kings Cross Up (N → S) +2 min
🚄Express passenger
now 09:20:53 · 338 avg · 17 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,494 active · 28,100 delays · 3,115 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Offord crossing is predicted to be closed for about 12 h 32 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 87 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 29 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: 10.4 min (08:38–08:49, 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 07:29–08:29 in the morning and around 16:07–17:07 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Offord is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the St. Neots–Peterborough line (East Coast route · ELR ECM1). 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 1,576 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.3% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±1s (9 in 10 within 5s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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