Stanford Le Hope 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 6 min · 5 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 17:10–17:14 5m
CLOSED 17:14–17:16 2m
OPEN 17:16–17:23 7m
CLOSED 17:23–17:27 5m
OPEN 17:27–17:32 5m
CLOSED 17:32–17:36 3m
OPEN 17:36–17:41 → 5m
Under the hood
Thu 08 Oct · 17:10
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

17:00 🚆 2R17 Pitsea → London Fenchurch Street Up (N → S) +4 min
17:07 🚆 2D46 London Fenchurch Street → Pitsea Down (S → N) passed
17:16 🚆 2R08 London Fenchurch Street → Pitsea Down (S → N) approaching
17:26 🚆 2R19 Pitsea → London Fenchurch Street Up (N → S) active
17:27 🚆 2R10 London Fenchurch Street → Leigh-on-Sea Down (S → N) +2 min
17:35 🚄 1R21 Pitsea → London Fenchurch Street Up (N → S) active
17:42 🚆 2R12 London Fenchurch Street → Pitsea Down (S → N) on time
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger
now 17:10:14 · 102 avg · 7 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-07..2026-10-09
fetched 02:08:26
trust 33,641 active · 32,043 delays · 2,183 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Stanford Le Hope crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 59 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 61 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 6 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: 9.3 min (09:35–09:45, 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 06:08–07:08 in the morning and around 18:38–19:38 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Stanford Le Hope is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Tilbury Town–Pitsea 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 641 trains through this crossing.

99.7% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 97.7% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±13s (9 in 10 within 53s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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