Stocks Lane level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Western route (ELR MLN1).

predicted
CLOSED
for 2 min

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

next: πŸš„ now Β· 22 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:00–10:02 2m
OPEN 10:02–10:13 10m
CLOSED 10:13–10:21 9m
OPEN 10:21–10:25 4m
CLOSED 10:25–10:29 3m
OPEN 10:29–10:33 β†’ 4m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:00
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:52 πŸš› 4V86 Ipswich S.S. β†’ Whatley Quarry F Liner HH Down (E β†’ W) no show
09:54 πŸš„ 1L11 Swansea β†’ London Paddington Up (W β†’ E) +3 min
10:00 πŸš„ 1C07 London Paddington β†’ Bristol Temple Meads Down (E β†’ W) approaching
10:02 πŸš„ 1N56 Bristol Temple Meads β†’ Oxford Up (W β†’ E) approaching
10:16 πŸš„ 1B08 London Paddington β†’ Cardiff Central Down (E β†’ W) +19 min
10:18 πŸš„ 1L68 Cheltenham Spa β†’ London Paddington Up (W β†’ E) +3 min
10:20 πŸš„ 1C08 London Paddington β†’ Bristol Temple Meads Down (E β†’ W) +12 min
10:21 πŸš„ 1A14 Bristol Temple Meads β†’ London Paddington Up (W β†’ E) on time
10:27 🚧 6X50 Westbury Down T.C. β†’ Bescot Engineers Sdgs Up (W β†’ E) no show
10:28 πŸš„ 1B09 London Paddington β†’ Carmarthen Down (E β†’ W) +2 min
10:28 πŸš„ 1G09 London Paddington β†’ Cheltenham Spa Down (E β†’ W) +14 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš›Freight 🚧Engineering
now 10:00:31 Β· 281 avg Β· 11 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,964 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
Nearby crossings

All 235 crossings in Wales & Western β†’

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Stocks Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 10 h 4 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 109 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 13 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: 12.1 min (09:20–09:32, 5 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 10:31–11:31 in the morning and around 13:55–14:55 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 Stocks Lane in Steventon, Oxfordshire.

Stocks Lane is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Didcot Parkway–Swindon line (Western route · ELR MLN1). 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 1,419 trains through this crossing.

98.9% 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 Β±3s (9 in 10 within 37s). 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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