Shaws UWCmwl level crossing

Miniature warning light level crossing on the North West route (ELR WBS3).

predicted
CLOSED
for 15s

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

next: πŸš† now Β· 1 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:00–10:00 15s
MAY OPEN 10:00–10:01 1m
CLOSED 10:01–10:04 3m
OPEN 10:04–10:12 8m
CLOSED 10:12–10:20 8m
OPEN 10:20–10:29 9m
CLOSED 10:29–10:35 β†’ 6m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:00
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:55 πŸš† 2K13 Liverpool Central (Northern) β†’ Headbolt Lane Down (E β†’ W) +5 min
10:00 πŸš† 2F16 Headbolt Lane β†’ Liverpool Central (Northern) Up (W β†’ E) approaching
10:04 πŸš† 2K14 Liverpool Central (Northern) β†’ Headbolt Lane Down (E β†’ W) approaching
10:15 πŸš† 2W07 Stalybridge β†’ Southport Down (E β†’ W) +5 min
10:17 πŸš† 2F17 Headbolt Lane β†’ Liverpool Central (Northern) Up (W β†’ E) active
10:20 πŸš† 2K15 Liverpool Central (Northern) β†’ Headbolt Lane Down (E β†’ W) active
10:20 πŸš† 2O74 Southport β†’ Manchester Oxford Road Up (W β†’ E) active
10:27 πŸš† 2W08 Manchester Oxford Road β†’ Southport Down (E β†’ W) cancelled
10:32 πŸš† 2F18 Headbolt Lane β†’ Liverpool Central (Northern) Up (W β†’ E) active
πŸš†Passenger
now 10:00:08 Β· 207 avg Β· 9 in window
live observation: 2 up Β· 2 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,963 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
Nearby crossings

All 148 crossings in North West and Central β†’

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Shaws UWCmwl crossing is predicted to be closed for about 9 h 31 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 93 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 9 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: 6.0 min (08:15–08:21, 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 06:28–07:28 in the morning and around 12:44–13:44 in the middle of the day. 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 Sutch Lane near Burscough, Lancashire.

Shaws UWCmwl is a miniature warning light crossing (MWLG) on the Wigan Wallgate C.S.–Southport line (North West route · ELR WBS3). 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 868 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.8% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±6s (9 in 10 within 75s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report β†’

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