Trees level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR BGK).

predicted
OPEN
for 7 min

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

next: 🚆 in 10 min · on time

Next 30 min

OPEN 07:11–07:19 7m
CLOSED 07:19–07:24 6m
OPEN 07:24–07:36 12m
CLOSED 07:36–07:42 → 6m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 07:11
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:06 🚄 1H85 CambridgeLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) +1 min
07:10 🚆 2H09 Cambridge NorthLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) passed
07:22 🚆 2B93 CambridgeStansted Airport Up (N → S) approaching
07:24 🚆 2H04 London Liverpool StreetCambridge Down (S → N) -1 min
07:39 🚄 1N45 Stansted AirportBirmingham New Street Down (S → N) active
07:41 🚆 2H11 CambridgeLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) active
07:42 🚄 1H87 ElyLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) +7 min
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger
now 07:11:41 · 152 avg · 7 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,147 active · 25,030 delays · 3,028 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Trees crossing is predicted to be closed for about 9 h 5 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 99 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: 9.7 min (05:30–05:40, 3 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 07:59–08:59 in the morning and around 19:46–20:46 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Trees is a cctv-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Bishops Stortford–Cambridge line (Anglia route · ELR BGK). 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 1,019 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.9% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±2s (9 in 10 within 17s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report →

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