Pooley Green level crossing

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

predicted
OPEN
for 7 min

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

next: πŸš„ in 10 min Β· on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 10:28–10:35 7m
CLOSED 10:35–10:39 3m
OPEN 10:39–10:47 8m
CLOSED 10:47–10:53 6m
MAY OPEN 10:53–10:53 32s
CLOSED 10:53–10:56 3m
OPEN 10:56–11:01 β†’ 5m
Under the hood
Sat 17 Oct Β· 10:28
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:24 πŸš† 2C26 Reading β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) on time
10:26 πŸš† 2C23 London Waterloo β†’ Reading Down (E β†’ W) on time
10:27 πŸš† 2S26 Weybridge (B) β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) passed
10:38 πŸš„ 1Z23 London Waterloo β†’ Reading Down (E β†’ W) on time
10:50 πŸš† 2S23 London Waterloo β†’ Weybridge (B) Down (E β†’ W) on time
10:52 πŸš† 2C28 Reading β†’ London Waterloo Up (W β†’ E) on time
10:56 πŸš† 2C25 London Waterloo β†’ Reading Down (E β†’ W) on time
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 10:28:50 Β· 160 avg Β· 7 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-16..2026-10-18
fetched 02:08:22
trust 42,001 active Β· 37,276 delays Β· 2,861 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Pooley Green crossing is predicted to be closed for about 7 h 45 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 75 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 10 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 (09:43–09:57, 5 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 09:40–10:40 in the morning and around 16:06–17:06 in the afternoon. 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 Vicarage Road in Egham, Surrey.

Pooley Green is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Staines–Virginia Water 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 859 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.9% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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