Porthmadog level crossing

Trainman-operated barrier level crossing on the Wales route (ELR DJP).

predicted
OPEN
for 5 min

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

next: 🚆 in 6 min · 6 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:59–10:04 5m
CLOSED 10:04–10:05 2m
OPEN 10:05–10:49 → 44m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct · 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:05 🚆 2I16 Pwllheli → Machynlleth Up (W → E) +6 min
🚆Passenger
now 09:59:42 · 18 avg · 1 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active · 31,699 delays · 1,962 cancelled · 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Porthmadog crossing is predicted to be closed for about 36 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 15 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 4 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: 1.5 min (06:53–06:55, 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 06:51–07:51 in the morning and around 18:02–19:02 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 High Street in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, next to the station.

Porthmadog is a trainman-operated barrier crossing (TMOB) on the Minffordd–Pwllheli Station Sidings line (Wales route · ELR DJP). 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 53 trains through this crossing.

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

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