Welney Road level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the Anglia route (ELR EMP).

predicted
OPEN
for 13 min

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

next: πŸš› in 15 min Β· 2 min early

Next 30 min

OPEN 02:35–02:48 13m
CLOSED 02:48–02:52 4m
OPEN 02:52–02:59 7m
CLOSED 02:59–03:00 1m
OPEN 03:00–03:18 β†’ 18m
Under the hood
Thu 15 Oct Β· 02:35
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

02:50 πŸš› 4L23 Hams Hall GBRF β†’ Felixstowe North GBRF Up (NW β†’ SE) -2 min
02:52 πŸš› 4L21 Tinsley Yard GBRf β†’ Felixstowe North GBRF Up (NW β†’ SE) -13 min
03:00 πŸš› 4E55 Felixstowe North F.L.T. β†’ Tees Dock Corus (FLT) Down (SE β†’ NW) -6 min
πŸš›Freight
now 02:35:18 Β· 226 avg Β· 3 in window
live observation: 0 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-14..2026-10-16
fetched 02:08:21
trust 32,461 active Β· 31,160 delays Β· 1,736 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Welney Road crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 8 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 79 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 4 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 (00:07–00:09, 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 08:12–09:12 in the morning and around 14:11–15:11 in the afternoon. 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 Wisbech Road near Manea, Cambridgeshire.

Welney Road is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Ely–Peterborough line (Anglia route · ELR EMP). 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 299 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 96.5% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±5s (9 in 10 within 49s). This scores when trains pass: barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

Full accuracy report β†’

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