Woodsmoor level crossing

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

predicted
CLOSED
for 3 min

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

next: πŸš† in 3 min Β· on time

Next 30 min

CLOSED 10:00–10:03 3m
OPEN 10:03–10:09 5m
CLOSED 10:09–10:14 6m
OPEN 10:14–10:17 2m
CLOSED 10:17–10:20 3m
OPEN 10:20–10:22 2m
CLOSED 10:22–10:26 4m
OPEN 10:26–10:28 2m
CLOSED 10:28–10:36 β†’ 8m
Under the hood
Thu 22 Oct Β· 10:00
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

09:58 πŸš› 6J46 Peak Forest Cemex GBRF β†’ Hope St Peakstone P.Sdgs Down (SE β†’ NW) no show
10:03 πŸš› 6H66 Leyland B. Leyland β†’ Tunstead Sdgs (FHH) Up (NW β†’ SE) no show
10:03 πŸš† 2B15 Buxton β†’ Manchester Piccadilly Down (SE β†’ NW) approaching
10:13 πŸš› 6G92 Tunstead Sidings GBRF β†’ Small Heath LaFarge GBRf Down (SE β†’ NW) active
10:13 πŸš› 6G92 Hindlow GBRF β†’ Small Heath LaFarge GBRf Down (SE β†’ NW) no show
10:14 πŸš† 2B14 Manchester Piccadilly β†’ Buxton Up (NW β†’ SE) +2 min
10:20 πŸš„ 1L08 Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML β†’ Norwich Up (NW β†’ SE) +21 min
10:25 πŸš† 2B17 Buxton β†’ Manchester Piccadilly Down (SE β†’ NW) on time
10:26 πŸš„ 1R60 Norwich β†’ Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML Down (SE β†’ NW) +6 min
10:31 πŸš„ 1B72 Liverpool Lime Street HL/ML β†’ Cleethorpes Up (NW β†’ SE) +2 min
πŸš„Express passenger πŸš†Passenger πŸš›Freight
now 10:00:36 Β· 203 avg Β· 10 in window
live observation: 1 up Β· 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-10-21..2026-10-23
fetched 02:08:22
trust 33,174 active Β· 31,699 delays Β· 1,964 cancelled Β· 9 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 8 h 55 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: 8.4 min (07:15–07:24, 3 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 06:37–07:37 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 1,006 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 94.9% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was Β±10s (9 in 10 within 100s). 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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