Thorpe level crossing

Automatic open level crossing level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR KWS).

right now
OPEN
for 6 min
next: 🚄 in 7 min · 9 min early

Next 30 min

OPEN 01:10–01:16 6m
CLOSED 01:16–01:19 2m
OPEN 01:19–01:32 14m
CLOSED 01:32–01:34 2m
OPEN 01:34–02:10 → 37m
Under the hood
Fri 24 Jul · 01:10
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

01:01 4R40 🚃 DRAXCEG → IMNGBIO → from Heck (FLHH) -12 min
01:03 4S73 🚛 MBROSTY → MOSEDNY ← from Doncaster West Yard no show
01:17 1N35 🚄 KNGX → YORK ← from Doncaster West Yard -9 min
01:18 6E36 🚛 MLRHY → DONCUDY → from Heck (FLHH) -12 min
01:21 6V90 🚛 DRAXCEG → APPLEFS → from Heck (FLHH) no show
01:34 6H50 🚛 IMNGBIO → DRAXCEG ← from Doncaster West Yard -19 min
🚄Express passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight
now 01:10:48 · 308 avg · 6 in window
lx berths down: DR/0813→DR/[email protected] · down: DR/0845→DR/[email protected] · down: DR/0849→DR/[email protected] · up: DR/0822→DR/[email protected] · up: DR/0846→DR/[email protected]
timetable cif full+upd 2026-07-22..2026-07-24
fetched 23:44:56
trust 33,086 active · 30,123 delays · 1,792 cancelled · 0 reconnects
About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Thorpe crossing is predicted to be closed for about 6 h 40 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 117 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 8 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: 1.5 min (00:25–00:26, 1 train), 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 08:36–09:36 in the morning and around 13:04–14:04 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

Thorpe is a automatic open level crossing crossing (AOCL) on the Doncaster West Yard–Heck (FLHH) line (East Coast route · ELR KWS). 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.

How accurate is this forecast?

We score this page against what actually happened on the railway — over the last 7 days that covered 106 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 97.3% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±46s (9 in 10 within 174s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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