Rainham level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR TLL).

predicted
OPEN
for 5 min

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

next: 🚆 in 8 min · 2 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 11:09–11:14 5m
CLOSED 11:14–11:17 3m
OPEN 11:17–11:20 2m
CLOSED 11:20–11:26 6m
OPEN 11:26–11:31 5m
CLOSED 11:31–11:35 5m
OPEN 11:35–11:42 → 7m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 11:09
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:59 🚛 4L50 Basford Hall YardLondon Gateway Frghtliner Down (NW → SE) +3 min
11:05 🚛 4L49 Basford Hall YardLondon Gateway Frghtliner Down (NW → SE) no show
11:14 🚛 4M39 London Gateway FrghtlinerDaventry Int RFT Recep FL Up (SE → NW) no show
11:17 🚆 2R84 London Fenchurch StreetGrays Down (NW → SE) approaching
11:18 🚛 6V32 Tilbury Container Srvs EWSTrostre Works Up (SE → NW) cancelled
11:23 🚛 4L24 East Mids Gateway Tml GBRfLondon Gateway GBRF Down (NW → SE) no show
11:24 🚛 4L69 Birch Coppice GBRfLondon Gateway GBRF Down (NW → SE) +1 min
11:25 🚆 2R91 GraysLondon Fenchurch Street Up (SE → NW) standing 7 min
11:25 🚛 4E24 London Gateway FrghtlinerLeeds F.L.T. Up (SE → NW) -2 min
11:35 🚛 4M01 London Gateway GBRFEast Mids Gateway Tml GBRf Up (SE → NW) -2 min
🚆Passenger 🚛Freight
now 11:09:11 · 159 avg · 10 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,728 active · 30,422 delays · 3,239 cancelled · 0 reconnects
Nearby crossings

All 866 crossings in Eastern →

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Rainham crossing is predicted to be closed for about 6 h 14 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 76 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 7 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: 9.5 min (04:47–04:56, 3 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 07:11–08:11 in the morning and around 16:12–17:12 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Rainham is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Dagenham Down Yard–Grays line (Anglia route · ELR TLL). 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 914 trains through this crossing.

99.1% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.9% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±2s (9 in 10 within 17s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

Is this right?