Teynham East level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Kent route (ELR VIR).

predicted
CLOSED
for 6 min

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

next: 🚄 in 1 min · 23 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 18:10–18:16 6m
MAY OPEN 18:16–18:17 2m
MAY CLOSE 18:17–18:21 3m
MAY OPEN 18:21–18:22 2m
CLOSED 18:22–18:34 12m
OPEN 18:34–18:38 3m
CLOSED 18:38–18:41 → 3m
Under the hood
Thu 08 Oct · 18:10
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

18:04 🚄 1F57 Faversham → St. Pancras International Up (SE → NW) no show
18:11 🚄 1S44 London Victoria (E) → Ramsgate Down (NW → SE) +23 min
18:15 🚧 3S75 Tonbridge Engineers Siding → Tonbridge Engineers Siding Up (SE → NW) on time
18:15 🚄 1G85 London Cannon Street → Dover Priory Down (NW → SE) approaching
18:20 🚄 1F48 St. Pancras International → Faversham Down (NW → SE) standing 16 min
18:25 🚄 1S46 London Victoria (E) → Dover Priory Down (NW → SE) standing 6 min
18:28 🚄 1G87 London Cannon Street → Ramsgate Down (NW → SE) +8 min
18:30 🚄 1P56 Ramsgate → London Victoria (E) Up (SE → NW) +20 min
18:34 🚄 1C50 St. Pancras International → Ramsgate Down (NW → SE) +2 min
18:34 🚄 1F59 Faversham → St. Pancras International Up (SE → NW) active
18:41 🚄 1P58 Dover Priory → London Victoria (E) Up (SE → NW) on time
🚄Express passenger 🚧Engineering
now 18:10:22 · 171 avg · 11 in window
live observation: 0 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-07..2026-10-09
fetched 02:08:26
trust 33,702 active · 32,065 delays · 2,208 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Teynham East crossing is predicted to be closed for about 8 h 57 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 114 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 10 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: 7.0 min (11:16–11:23, 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 07:42–08:42 in the morning and around 19:23–20:23 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Teynham East is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Sittingbourne–Faversham line (Kent route · ELR VIR). 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 528 trains through this crossing.

100.0% 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 ±5s (9 in 10 within 22s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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