Westerfield level crossing

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

predicted
OPEN
for 6 min

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

next: πŸš† in 9 min Β· running

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:58–10:04 6m
CLOSED 10:04–10:07 3m
OPEN 10:07–10:20 13m
CLOSED 10:20–10:26 6m
OPEN 10:26–10:42 β†’ 16m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:58
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:50 πŸš† 2R09 Felixstowe β†’ Ipswich Up (E β†’ W) no show
10:07 πŸš† 2R10 Ipswich β†’ Felixstowe Down (W β†’ E) active
10:17 πŸš› 4L43 Doncaster Iport GBRF β†’ Felixstowe North GBRF Down (W β†’ E) +3 min
10:23 πŸš† 2D74 Ipswich β†’ Lowestoft Down (W β†’ E) active
10:26 πŸš† 2D73 Lowestoft β†’ Ipswich Up (E β†’ W) -1 min
πŸš†Passenger πŸš›Freight
now 09:58:25 Β· 181 avg Β· 5 in window
live observation: 0 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,173 active Β· 31,697 delays Β· 1,962 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Westerfield crossing is predicted to be closed for about 4 h 34 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 63 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 6 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: 3.2 min (00:18–00:22, 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 07:28–08:28 in the morning and around 12:37–13:37 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 Westerfield Road in Westerfield, Suffolk, next to the station.

Westerfield is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Ipswich–Sizewell TCA line (Anglia route · ELR ESK). 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 273 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.2% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±15s (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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