Wharf Road level crossing

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

predicted
CLOSED
for 4 min

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

next: 🚄 in 2 min · 3 min late

Next 30 min

CLOSED 07:12–07:16 4m
OPEN 07:16–07:18 2m
CLOSED 07:18–07:20 2m
OPEN 07:20–07:22 2m
CLOSED 07:22–07:27 5m
OPEN 07:27–07:28 1m
CLOSED 07:28–07:29 2m
OPEN 07:29–07:32 3m
CLOSED 07:32–07:34 2m
OPEN 07:34–07:35 1m
CLOSED 07:35–07:42 → 7m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 07:12
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

07:07 🚆 2O06 London Liverpool StreetHertford East Down (S → N) passed
07:07 🚄 1B09 Stansted AirportLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) +1 min
07:12 🚄 1H83 ElyLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) passed
07:14 🚄 1B18 London Liverpool StreetStansted Airport Down (S → N) approaching
07:16 🚆 2S07 Bishops StortfordStratford Up (N → S) approaching
07:20 🚆 2H06 London Liverpool StreetCambridge North Down (S → N) +2 min
07:23 🚆 2H07 CambridgeLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) +5 min
07:25 🚆 2O62 StratfordHertford East Down (S → N) +1 min
07:26 🚄 1B11 Stansted AirportLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) +4 min
07:26 🚆 2O07 Hertford EastLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) +1 min
07:29 🚄 1B20 London Liverpool StreetStansted Airport Down (S → N) +1 min
07:33 🚄 1H85 CambridgeLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) +1 min
07:36 🚄 1B13 Stansted AirportLondon Liverpool Street Up (N → S) on time
07:39 🚆 2O08 London Liverpool StreetHertford East Down (S → N) on time
07:41 🚆 2O61 Hertford EastStratford Up (N → S) active
07:42 🚄 1B22 London Liverpool StreetStansted Airport Down (S → N) active
🚄Express passenger 🚆Passenger
now 07:12:35 · 365 avg · 16 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 49,149 active · 25,042 delays · 3,032 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Wharf Road crossing is predicted to be closed for about 10 h 59 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 221 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 7 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: 8.7 min (06:49–06:58, 4 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 07:45–08:45 in the morning and around 17:22–18:22 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Wharf Road is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Cheshunt–Hertford East line (Anglia route · ELR BGK). 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 2,563 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 99.8% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±3s (9 in 10 within 44s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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