West Worthing level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the Sussex route (ELR BLI1).

predicted
CLOSED
for 16s

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

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Next 30 min

CLOSED 09:59–09:59 16s
OPEN 09:59–10:06 7m
CLOSED 10:06–10:09 3m
MAY OPEN 10:09–10:11 2m
CLOSED 10:11–10:16 5m
MAY OPEN 10:16–10:18 2m
CLOSED 10:18–10:20 3m
OPEN 10:20–10:24 3m
CLOSED 10:24–10:26 3m
MAY OPEN 10:26–10:28 2m
CLOSED 10:28–10:30 β†’ 3m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:51 πŸš„ 1S17 Portsmouth & Southsea β†’ Brighton Up (W β†’ E) +2 min
09:55 πŸš„ 1S18 Brighton β†’ Portsmouth & Southsea Down (E β†’ W) passed
09:59 πŸš„ 1H21 Littlehampton β†’ London Victoria (C) Up (W β†’ E) approaching
10:09 πŸš„ 1N15 Southampton Central β†’ Brighton Up (W β†’ E) -1 min
10:13 πŸš„ 1H12 London Victoria (C) β†’ Littlehampton Down (E β†’ W) on time
10:16 πŸš„ 1N20 Brighton β†’ Southampton Central Down (E β†’ W) +9 min
10:20 πŸš† 2Y21 Chichester β†’ Brighton Up (W β†’ E) +1 min
10:26 πŸš† 2Y20 Brighton β†’ Chichester Down (E β†’ W) -1 min
10:30 πŸš„ 1H23 Littlehampton β†’ London Victoria (C) Up (W β†’ E) active
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 09:59:39 Β· 228 avg Β· 9 in window
live observation: 5 up Β· 3 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,962 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, West Worthing crossing is predicted to be closed for about 9 h 58 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 135 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 8 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: 14.4 min (08:40–08:54, 6 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 07:04–08:04 in the morning and around 13:21–14:21 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 South Street in West Worthing, West Sussex, next to the station.

West Worthing is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Worthing–Angmering line (Sussex route · ELR BLI1). 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 1,420 trains through this crossing.

99.4% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.0% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±48s (9 in 10 within 210s). 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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