Yarnton Lane level crossing

Automatic half-barrier level crossing on the Western route (ELR DCL).

predicted
CLOSED
for 16s

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

next: 🚛 now · 6 min early

Next 30 min

CLOSED 04:56–04:56 16s
OPEN 04:56–05:07 11m
CLOSED 05:07–05:09 2m
OPEN 05:09–05:14 6m
CLOSED 05:14–05:16 2m
OPEN 05:16–05:25 9m
CLOSED 05:25–05:27 → 2m
Under the hood
Mon 07 Sep · 04:56
Today Tomorrow

Trains in window

04:56 🚛 4E91 Southampton M.C.T.Leeds F.L.T. Down (S → N) approaching
05:09 🚛 3Z07 Birmingham New StreetReading Triangle Sidings Up (N → S) -60 min
05:16 🚃 5Y01 Banbury Depot ReceptionOxford Up (N → S) active
05:22 0M44 Eastleigh East YardKineton MOD GBRf Down (S → N) no show
05:27 🚆 2M02 OxfordBanbury Down (S → N) active
🚆Passenger 🚃Empty stock 🚛Freight Other
now 04:56:35 · 148 avg · 5 in window
live observation: 1 up · 1 down
timetable cif full+upd 2026-09-06..2026-09-08
fetched 02:08:15
trust 48,725 active · 21,572 delays · 2,956 cancelled · 0 reconnects
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About this crossing

How often it closes

On today’s timetable, Yarnton Lane crossing is predicted to be closed for about 3 h 11 min between 06:00 and 22:00, across roughly 78 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 06:00–07:00 in the morning and around 19:00–20:00 in the evening. Gaps between closures are longest outside those windows. Other days run a different timetable, so the peaks move.

About this crossing

Yarnton Lane is a automatic half-barrier crossing (AHB-X) on the Oxford–Banbury line (Western route · ELR DCL). 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 701 trains through this crossing.

100.0% of observed passes were being warned about on this page when they passed, and 98.8% of the warnings we could verify came true.

Typical timing error was ±3s (9 in 10 within 27s). This scores when trains pass — barrier movements aren't in the public feeds we can score against.

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