Thorpe Gates level crossing

Manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection level crossing on the North and East route (ELR HUL3).

predicted
OPEN
for 4 min

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

next: πŸš† in 7 min Β· on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:59–10:04 4m
CLOSED 10:04–10:07 3m
OPEN 10:07–10:21 14m
CLOSED 10:21–10:27 6m
OPEN 10:27–10:35 β†’ 8m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:50 πŸš† 2K11 Hull β†’ Bradford Interchange Up (E β†’ W) -1 min
09:58 πŸš„ 1K11 Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML β†’ Hull Down (W β†’ E) +12 min
10:05 πŸš› 6M31 Hull Dairycoates Tlcn GBRf β†’ Arcow Quarry GBRf Up (E β†’ W) no show
10:07 πŸš† 2R09 York β†’ Bridlington Down (W β†’ E) on time
10:21 πŸšƒ 6H84 Hull Biomass LP (DBS) β†’ Drax Power Station Up (E β†’ W) no show
10:24 πŸš† 2K10 Bradford Interchange β†’ Hull Down (W β†’ E) +1 min
10:26 πŸš† 2R04 Scarborough β†’ York Up (E β†’ W) on time
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸšƒEmpty stock πŸš›Freight
now 09:59:35 Β· 137 avg Β· 7 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 0 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,698 delays Β· 1,962 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Thorpe Gates crossing is predicted to be closed for about 6 h 55 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 95 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 7 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: 6.6 min (09:44–09:50, 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 07:52–08:52 in the morning and around 12:03–13:03 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 Leeds Road in Thorpe Willoughby, North Yorkshire.

Thorpe Gates is a manually-controlled barrier with obstacle detection crossing (MCBOD) on the Micklefield–Selby line (North and East route · ELR HUL3). An obstacle-detection system scans the crossing and confirms it is clear before the barriers lower automatically. 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 352 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.6% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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