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Explore booked passenger trains and freight at Benfleet today. Timetable entries show what is expected, not a record of trains observed. 17 October 2026

QuietInterest Score 3.3 / 10

One unusual movement today — EMU isn't commonly seen here.

160 trains159 passenger0 freight2 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 160 movements at Benfleet on 17 October 2026. Each entry is a booked call or pass at this railway location. The same service can appear on other location pages. Train types are inferred from planning data and can change on the day.

What's worth watching

160 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

19:45–20:4513 trains

13 passenger0 freight1 types

19:46arr2B56
FENCHURCH STREET LONDON → SHOEBURYNESS
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
19:51arr9L77
SHOEBURYNESS → LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
19:59arr9Z63
SHOEBURYNESS → LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:00arr2D56
FENCHURCH STREET LONDON → SOUTHEND CENTRAL
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:04arr9B42
LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON → SHOEBURYNESS
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:12arr9B51
SHOEBURYNESS → LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:16arr2B58
FENCHURCH STREET LONDON → SHOEBURYNESS
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:17arr9L61
SOUTHEND CENTRAL → LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:26arr9Z65
SHOEBURYNESS → LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:30arr2D58
FENCHURCH STREET LONDON → SOUTHEND CENTRAL
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:34arr9B44
LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON → SHOEBURYNESS
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:38arr9L63
SOUTHEND CENTRAL → LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger
20:42arr9B53
SHOEBURYNESS → LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON
c2c · Class 357 EMU
Passenger

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21:00–22:0012 trains

12 passenger0 freight1 types

22:00–23:0010 trains

10 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday05:45–06:45

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday19:45–20:45

Most unusualSaturday19:45–20:45

The weekend is quieter — around 49% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.3	160	0	19:45–20:45
Sunday 18	2.3	83	0	12:45–13:45
Monday 19	3.5	234	0	05:45–06:45
Tuesday 20	3.5	238	0	05:45–06:45
Wednesday 21	3.5	237	0	05:45–06:45

Scored from the booked timetable for each upcoming date. Short-notice changes (VSTP, engineering work) added closer to the day aren't reflected yet, so a date further out is a rougher guide than tomorrow.

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

160 trains are booked here today — 29% fewer than a typical Saturday (224).

Trains a day241typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour19:00on a weekday

Best dayFridaySaturday at weekends

Around 10.0 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 17:00, 19:00, 10:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday237 on average
Tuesday241 on average
Wednesday240 on average
Thursday241 on average
Friday247 on average
Saturday208 on average
Sunday130 on average

Passenger
Freight
Other

Weekday (Mon–Fri)

Averaged over 28 dates. Averaged across real dates resolved from the booked timetable, including short-term overlays and cancellations. These are trains BOOKED to run, not observed movements — these profiles use timetable samples rather than the short window of retained station sightings.

What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Class 357 EMU814 workings
EMU1 workings

Planned operators

c2c815 workings

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Booked timetable entries from the previous 7 days, independent of the selected date above. These are not observations of trains that actually ran.

17 Oct3B02
—
c2c · EMU
16 Oct6U41
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct6U41
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
14 Oct6U41
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
14 Oct6U41
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
13 Oct6U41
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
13 Oct6U41
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled

Based on the booked national timetable (CIF) per date, not a live/actually-happened feed — a late change or cancellation on one of these dates won't be reflected here.

Recent booked movements

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Hour	Weekday	Weekend
00:00	4	7
01:00	2	2
02:00	0	0
03:00	0	0
04:00	4	1
05:00	10	3
06:00	13	6
07:00	12	7
08:00	13	8
09:00	12	9
10:00	13	9
11:00	13	9
12:00	12	9
13:00	13	9
14:00	13	9
15:00	13	9
16:00	11	9
17:00	14	9
18:00	12	9
19:00	15	9
20:00	13	9
21:00	11	9
22:00	10	10
23:00	8	7

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