St Germains level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Scotland route (ELR ECM8).

predicted
CLOSED
for 30s

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

next: πŸš„ now Β· 13 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:51–10:52 30s
OPEN 10:52–10:57 5m
CLOSED 10:57–11:00 3m
OPEN 11:00–11:05 5m
CLOSED 11:05–11:09 3m
MAY OPEN 11:09–11:10 2m
CLOSED 11:10–11:17 7m
OPEN 11:17–11:24 β†’ 7m
Under the hood
Sat 17 Oct Β· 10:51
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:46 πŸš› 4E98 Mossend Euroterminal β†’ Tees Dock BSC Export Berth Up (W β†’ E) no show
10:48 πŸš„ 9S09 Newcastle β†’ Edinburgh Down (E β†’ W) passed
10:50 πŸš† 2D85 Edinburgh β†’ Dunbar Up (W β†’ E) on time
10:51 πŸš„ 1E11 Aberdeen β†’ London Kings Cross Up (W β†’ E) +13 min
11:00 πŸš„ 1S31 Birmingham New Street β†’ Edinburgh Down (E β†’ W) approaching
11:08 πŸš„ 1E12 Edinburgh β†’ London Kings Cross Up (W β†’ E) active
11:13 πŸš„ 1V60 Edinburgh β†’ Worcestershire Parkway LL Up (W β†’ E) active
11:17 πŸš„ 1S05 London Kings Cross β†’ Edinburgh Down (E β†’ W) on time
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸš›Freight
now 10:51:31 Β· 140 avg Β· 8 in window
live observation: 0 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-16..2026-10-18
fetched 02:08:22
trust 42,539 active Β· 37,703 delays Β· 2,936 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
Nearby crossings

All 113 crossings in Scotland's Railway β†’

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, St Germains crossing is predicted to be closed for about 8 h 5 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 96 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: 6.2 min (09:11–09:18, 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 10:45–11:45 in the morning and around 16:44–17:44 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 near Longniddry, East Lothian.

St Germains is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the North Berwick–Millerhill S.S. line (Scotland route · ELR ECM8). 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 626 trains through this crossing.

97.8% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 100.0% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±1s (9 in 10 within 31s). 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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