Woodtown Road level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the NI Railways route.

NewFrom Translink's timetable (we're not affiliated with them), adjusted for reported delays. Closure times are estimates. Tell us if something looks wrong.
predicted
OPEN
for 7 min

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

next: 🚆 in 8 min · scheduled

Next 30 min

OPEN 12:45–12:52 7m
CLOSED 12:52–12:53 2m
OPEN 12:53–13:04 10m
CLOSED 13:04–13:05 2m
OPEN 13:05–13:52 → 47m
Under the hood
Tue 13 Oct · 12:45
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

12:53 🚆 ? Derry~Londonderry → Belfast Grand Central Up on time
13:05 🚆 ? Belfast Grand Central → Derry~Londonderry Down on time
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now 12:45:06 · 38 avg · 2 in window
timetable NIR 2026-09-10..2026-12-13
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trust 33,981 active · 31,417 delays · 2,259 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Woodtown Road crossing is predicted to be closed for about 2 h 38 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 35 closures. The longest single predicted closure is 4 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.

Worst times to cross today

Closures cluster around 06:01–07:01 in the morning and around 16:31–17:31 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 Woodtown Road near Ballymena.

Woodtown Road is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB) on the Ballymena–Cullybackey line (NI Railways route). 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.

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