Scremerston level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR ECM7).

predicted
OPEN
for 1 min

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

next: 🚄 in 4 min · 4 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 11:09–11:11 1m
CLOSED 11:11–11:14 3m
OPEN 11:14–11:24 10m
CLOSED 11:24–11:30 6m
OPEN 11:30–11:38 7m
CLOSED 11:38–11:43 → 5m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 11:09
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

11:04 🚄 9N10 EdinburghNewcastle Up (NW → SE) +2 min
11:14 🚄 1E11 AberdeenLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) approaching
11:19 0E71 Millerhill S.S.Leeds Balm Rd Loco (FHH) Up (NW → SE) no show
11:27 🚄 1S33 Birmingham New StreetEdinburgh Down (SE → NW) +6 min
11:30 🚛 1Q23 NewcastleNewcastle Down (SE → NW) +4 min
11:41 🚄 1E12 EdinburghLondon Kings Cross Up (NW → SE) on time
🚄Express passenger 🚛Freight Other
now 11:09:54 · 138 avg · 6 in window
live observation: 2 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,728 active · 30,450 delays · 3,239 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Scremerston crossing is predicted to be closed for about 6 h 30 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 78 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 12 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: 6.7 min (09:45–09:52, 2 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 06:12–07:12 in the morning and around 15:10–16:10 in the afternoon. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Scremerston is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Chathill–Oxwellmains Lafarge Colas Rail line (East Coast route · ELR ECM7). 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 846 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.4% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±100s (9 in 10 within 359s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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