Welbury level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the East Coast route (ELR LEN3).

predicted
CLOSED
for 1 min

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

next: πŸšƒ in 1 min Β· 2 min early

Next 30 min

MAY CLOSE 08:04–08:05 1m
OPEN 08:05–08:12 7m
CLOSED 08:12–08:14 2m
OPEN 08:14–08:37 β†’ 23m
Under the hood
Mon 12 Oct Β· 08:04
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:55 πŸš„ 1Y81 Middlesbrough β†’ London Kings Cross Up (N β†’ S) on time
08:05 πŸšƒ 6H12 Tyne Coal Terminal GBRf β†’ Drax AES Up (N β†’ S) standing 9 min
08:14 πŸš„ 1P61 Manchester Airport β†’ Redcar Central Down (S β†’ N) on time
08:22 πŸš› 6X31 Doncaster Up Decoy β†’ Millerhill S.S. Down (S β†’ N) no show
08:32 πŸšƒ 6N44 Drax AES β†’ Tyne Coal Terminal GBRf Down (S β†’ N) cancelled
πŸš„Express passenger πŸšƒEmpty stock πŸš›Freight
now 08:04:23 Β· 95 avg Β· 5 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 0 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-11..2026-10-13
fetched 02:08:22
trust 48,916 active Β· 26,500 delays Β· 2,596 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Welbury crossing is predicted to be closed for about 2 h 21 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 53 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 2 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 (01:26–01:28, 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 07:31–08:31 in the morning and around 17:54–18:54 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 near Welbury, North Yorkshire.

Welbury is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Northallerton–Up line (East Coast route · ELR LEN3). 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 220 trains through this crossing.

96.4% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 96.1% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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