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What's running through Bickley today?

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

QuietInterest Score 3.7 / 10

2 unusual movements expected today, including Diesel-hauled.

155 trains153 passenger0 freight3 classes3 operators

The selected timetable contains 155 movements at Bickley 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

155 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

09:15–10:159 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 other3 types

09:19arr9Y14
SEVENOAKS → BLACKFRIARS LONDON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:25arr9Y15
BLACKFRIARS LONDON → SEVENOAKS
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:27arr2D40
ORPINGTON → LONDON VICTORIA (E)
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
09:31arr2M32
LONDON VICTORIA (E) → ORPINGTON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
09:49arr9Y16
SEVENOAKS → BLACKFRIARS LONDON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:55arr9Y17
BLACKFRIARS LONDON → SEVENOAKS
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:57arr2D44
ORPINGTON → LONDON VICTORIA (E)
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
10:01arr2M36
LONDON VICTORIA (E) → ORPINGTON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
10:05arr3S78
TONBRIDGE ENGINEERS SIDINGS → TONBRIDGE ENGINEERS SIDINGS
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
Other

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13:00–14:009 trains

9 passenger0 freight2 types

05:45–06:458 trains

8 passenger0 freight2 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday17:30–18:30

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday09:15–10:15

Most unusualSaturday09:15–10:15

The weekend is quieter — around 43% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.7	155	0	09:15–10:15
Sunday 18	3.6	138	0	11:15–12:15
Monday 19	3.8	254	0	17:30–18:30
Tuesday 20	3.8	257	0	17:30–18:30
Wednesday 21	3.8	257	0	17:30–18:30

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

155 trains are booked here today — about the same as a typical Saturday.

Trains a day255typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour07:00on a weekday

Best dayTuesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 10.6 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 08:00, 18:00, 07:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday254 on average
Tuesday255 on average
Wednesday255 on average
Thursday255 on average
Friday254 on average
Saturday154 on average
Sunday131 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 700 EMU190 workings
EMU165 workings

Planned operators

Thameslink190 workings
Southeastern165 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 Oct3S78
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct3S73
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
11 Oct3S78
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
11 Oct3S73
—
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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ESD

1.8 km, straight line

PETTS WOOD JUNCTION

XPE

1.9 km, straight line

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2.1 km, straight line

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XMU

2.2 km, straight lineOn this line

SUNDRIDGE PARK

SUP

2.2 km, straight line

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Hour	Weekday	Weekend
00:00	5	4
01:00	1	0
02:00	0	0
03:00	0	0
04:00	4	1
05:00	7	3
06:00	15	5
07:00	16	7
08:00	16	8
09:00	14	8
10:00	12	8
11:00	12	8
12:00	12	8
13:00	12	8
14:00	12	8
15:00	13	8
16:00	14	8
17:00	15	8
18:00	16	8
19:00	14	8
20:00	12	8
21:00	12	8
22:00	12	8
23:00	9	6

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