Poole (High Street) level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Wessex route (ELR BML2).

predicted
OPEN
for 19 min

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

next: πŸš„ in 22 min Β· 2 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 10:01–10:19 19m
CLOSED 10:19–10:24 5m
OPEN 10:24–10:33 β†’ 9m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:01
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:53 πŸš„ 1W95 London Waterloo β†’ Weymouth Down (SE β†’ NW) +4 min
09:54 πŸš† 2W54 Poole β†’ Bournemouth Up (NW β†’ SE) on time
10:00 πŸš„ 1W54 Weymouth β†’ London Waterloo Up (NW β†’ SE) on time
10:22 πŸš„ 1W57 London Waterloo β†’ Weymouth Down (SE β†’ NW) +2 min
10:24 πŸš† 2W57 Bournemouth β†’ Poole Down (SE β†’ NW) active
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 10:01:06 Β· 125 avg Β· 5 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 0 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,967 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
Nearby crossings

All 234 crossings in Southern β†’

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Poole (High Street) crossing is predicted to be closed for about 6 h 44 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 93 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 08:26–09:26 in the morning and around 17:16–18:16 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 a footpath in Poole, Dorset, next to the station.

Poole (High Street) is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Bournemouth T.&R.S.M.D–Wareham line (Wessex route · ELR BML2). 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?

Our accuracy measurement doesn't cover this crossing yet. Reports from people at the crossing are the ground truth here. How we measure β†’

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