Windmill Lane level crossing

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

predicted
OPEN
for 14s

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

next: πŸš† in 3 min Β· 2 min late

Next 30 min

OPEN 09:59–09:59 14s
CLOSED 09:59–10:03 4m
MAY OPEN 10:03–10:05 1m
CLOSED 10:05–10:08 3m
MAY OPEN 10:08–10:08 41s
CLOSED 10:08–10:13 4m
MAY OPEN 10:13–10:14 1m
CLOSED 10:14–10:29 β†’ 15m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 09:59
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:54 πŸš† 2S14 Stratford β†’ Bishops Stortford Down (S β†’ N) no show
09:56 πŸš† 2H16 London Liverpool Street β†’ Cambridge North Down (S β†’ N) +9 min
09:57 πŸš† 2O17 Broxbourne β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) passed
09:58 πŸš„ 1B40 London Liverpool Street β†’ Stansted Airport Down (S β†’ N) passed
10:02 πŸš† 2O18 London Liverpool Street β†’ Broxbourne Down (S β†’ N) approaching
10:02 πŸš„ 1B31 Stansted Airport β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) approaching
10:03 πŸš† 2H17 Cambridge North β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) +14 min
10:08 πŸš„ 1B29 Stansted Airport β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) +28 min
10:11 πŸš„ 1B33 Stansted Airport β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) +5 min
10:13 πŸš„ 1B42 London Liverpool Street β†’ Stansted Airport Down (S β†’ N) on time
10:17 πŸš† 2H18 London Liverpool Street β†’ Cambridge North Down (S β†’ N) active
10:20 πŸš† 2H19 Cambridge North β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) +1 min
10:20 πŸš† 2S19 Bishops Stortford β†’ Stratford Up (N β†’ S) +5 min
10:22 πŸš„ 1B35 Stansted Airport β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) active
10:25 πŸš† 2S16 Stratford β†’ Bishops Stortford Down (S β†’ N) active
10:27 πŸš† 2O19 Broxbourne β†’ London Liverpool Street Up (N β†’ S) active
10:29 πŸš„ 1B44 London Liverpool Street β†’ Stansted Airport Down (S β†’ N) active
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger
now 09:59:17 Β· 406 avg Β· 17 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 4 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,173 active Β· 31,698 delays Β· 1,962 cancelled Β· 9 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Windmill Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 14 h 31 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 82 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 30 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: 16.4 min (09:14–09:30, 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 07:31–08:31 in the morning and around 17:31–18:31 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 on Windmill Lane in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, next to the station.

Windmill Lane is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Waltham Cross–Broxbourne line (Anglia route · ELR BGK). 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 1,860 trains through this crossing.

99.9% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.5% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Full accuracy report β†’

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