Woodsmoor level crossing

CCTV-monitored manual barrier level crossing on the North West route (ELR BEJ).

predicted
OPEN
for 43s

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

next: πŸš† in 4 min Β· running

Next 30 min

OPEN 08:09–08:09 43s
CLOSED 08:09–08:13 3m
OPEN 08:13–08:17 4m
CLOSED 08:17–08:21 4m
MAY OPEN 08:21–08:22 1m
CLOSED 08:22–08:25 3m
MAY OPEN 08:25–08:27 2m
CLOSED 08:27–08:34 6m
OPEN 08:34–08:38 4m
CLOSED 08:38–08:41 β†’ 3m
Under the hood
Mon 12 Oct Β· 08:09
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

08:01 πŸš„ 1L06 Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML β†’ Norwich Up (NW β†’ SE) +2 min
08:12 πŸš† 2H92 Hazel Grove β†’ Manchester Piccadilly Down (SE β†’ NW) active
08:16 πŸš› 6M28 Guide Bridge Yard FHH β†’ Tunstead Sdgs (FHH) Up (NW β†’ SE) sched
08:20 πŸš„ 1R52 Nottingham β†’ Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML Down (SE β†’ NW) on time
08:21 πŸš† 2B06 Manchester Piccadilly β†’ Buxton Up (NW β†’ SE) +9 min
08:25 πŸš† 2B09 Buxton β†’ Manchester Piccadilly Down (SE β†’ NW) on time
08:30 πŸš„ 1B68 Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML β†’ Cleethorpes Up (NW β†’ SE) +1 min
08:33 🚧 3S50 Wigan Diesel Depot TC β†’ Collyhurst Street GBRf Up (NW β†’ SE) on time
08:41 πŸš† 2B08 Manchester Piccadilly β†’ Buxton Up (NW β†’ SE) active
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸš›Freight 🚧Engineering
now 08:09:02 Β· 149 avg Β· 9 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-11..2026-10-13
fetched 02:08:22
trust 48,934 active Β· 26,596 delays Β· 2,605 cancelled Β· 0 reconnects
Nearby crossings

All 148 crossings in North West and Central β†’

About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Woodsmoor crossing is predicted to be closed for about 9 h 7 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 115 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 16 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: 12.0 min (07:05–07:17, 5 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 06:59–07:59 in the morning and around 16:56–17:56 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 Woodsmoor Lane in Woodsmoor, Greater Manchester, next to the station.

Woodsmoor is a CCTV-monitored manual barrier crossing (CCTV) on the Hazel Grove–Davenport line (North West route · ELR BEJ). 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 967 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 94.3% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±10s (9 in 10 within 99s). 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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