Swineshead level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the East Midlands route (ELR GRS2).

predicted
OPEN
for 21s

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

next: 🚆 in 2 min · on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:58–09:59 21s
CLOSED 09:59–10:00 2m
OPEN 10:00–10:05 5m
CLOSED 10:05–10:06 2m
OPEN 10:06–11:01 → 54m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct · 09:58
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

10:00 🚆 2O08 Skegness → Nottingham Up (E → W) on time
10:06 🚆 2S09 Nottingham → Skegness Down (W → E) -1 min
🚆Passenger
now 09:58:50 · 38 avg · 2 in window
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,173 active · 31,697 delays · 1,962 cancelled · 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Swineshead crossing is predicted to be closed for about 1 h 12 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 33 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 2 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 06:13–07:13 in the morning and around 18:13–19:13 in the evening. 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 the A17 in Swineshead Bridge, Lincolnshire, next to Swineshead station.

Swineshead is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Sleaford–Hubberts Bridge line (East Midlands route · ELR GRS2). The approaching train itself triggers the closure at a fixed point on its approach. 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.

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