Thorpe Lane level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Wessex route (ELR RDG1).

predicted
CLOSED
for 5 min

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

next: ❓ in 1 min · scheduled

Next 30 min

CLOSED 07:41–07:46 5m
OPEN 07:46–07:48 2m
CLOSED 07:48–07:51 3m
MAY OPEN 07:51–07:53 2m
CLOSED 07:53–07:56 3m
MAY OPEN 07:56–07:57 46s
CLOSED 07:57–08:03 6m
OPEN 08:03–08:17 → 14m
Under the hood
Mon 12 Oct · 07:41
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:42 ❓ 2U11 ? → ? Down (E → W) approaching
07:45 🚄 1N92 Farnham → London Waterloo Up (W → E) on time
07:51 🚆 2S11 London Waterloo → Weybridge (B) Down (E → W) +3 min
07:56 🚆 2C16 Reading → London Waterloo Up (W → E) on time
08:00 🚆 2C13 London Waterloo → Reading Down (E → W) +4 min
08:02 🚆 2S16 Weybridge (B) → London Waterloo Up (W → E) +2 min
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger ❓Other
now 07:41:19 · 133 avg · 6 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-11..2026-10-13
fetched 02:08:22
trust 48,843 active · 25,909 delays · 2,562 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Thorpe Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 8 h 14 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 95 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 14 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: 10.3 min (07:13–07:23, 4 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 08:13–09:13 in the morning and around 18:45–19:45 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 Thorpe Road in Egham Hythe, Surrey.

Thorpe Lane is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Feltham–Virginia Water line (Wessex route · ELR RDG1). 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 844 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.

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