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What's running through Birchwood tomorrow?

Explore booked passenger trains and freight at Birchwood tomorrow. Timetable entries show what is expected, not a record of trains observed. 18 October 2026

QuietInterest Score 3.0 / 10

One unusual movement today — Diesel-hauled isn't commonly seen here.

70 trains68 passenger0 freight4 classes4 operators

The selected timetable contains 70 movements at Birchwood on 18 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

70 booked timetable movements at this location on Sunday 18 October

At a glance

Most trains

13:15–14:156 trains

6 passenger0 freight3 types

13:23pass1L11
LIVERPOOL LIME STREET → PETERBOROUGH
East Midlands Railway · Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 DMU
Passenger
13:25arr1B75
CLEETHORPES → LIVERPOOL LIME STREET
TransPennine Express · DMU
Passenger
13:52arr1B80
LIVERPOOL LIME STREET → CLEETHORPES
TransPennine Express · DMU
Passenger
13:53pass1R54
NOTTINGHAM → LIVERPOOL LIME STREET
East Midlands Railway · Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 DMU
Passenger
14:07arr2O76
MANCHESTER OXFORD ROAD → LIVERPOOL LIME STREET
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
14:10arr2O95
LIVERPOOL LIME STREET → MANCHESTER OXFORD ROAD
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger

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14:45–15:456 trains

5 passenger0 freight1 other4 types

16:15–17:156 trains

6 passenger0 freight3 types

The week ahead

Best day overallThursday19:45–20:45

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday07:00–08:00

Most unusualThursday19:45–20:45

The weekend is quieter — around 20% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

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

Trains a day118typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour07:00on a weekday

Best dayThursdaySaturday at weekends

Around 4.9 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 07:00, 09:00, 16:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday117 on average
Tuesday119 on average
Wednesday119 on average

What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU71 workings
DMU68 workings
Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 DMU50 workings

Planned operators

Northern77 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 Oct3S09
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct3S09
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct3S09
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled

Recent booked movements

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Hour	Weekday	Weekend	of which freight
00:00	2	1	0
01:00	0	0	0
02:00	0	0	0
03:00	0	0	0
04:00	0	0	0
05:00	1	1	0
06:00	3	2	0
07:00	9	5	0
08:00	8	5	0
09:00	9

Day	Score	Trains	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.5	118	07:00–08:00
Sunday 18	3.0	70	14:45–15:45
Monday 19	3.2	116	07:00–08:00
Tuesday 20	3.5	117	07:00–08:00
Wednesday 21	3.5	117	07:00–08:00
Thursday 22	3.7	118	19:45–20:45
Friday 23	3.5	117	07:00–08:00

What's running through Birchwood tomorrow?

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What tends to happen here

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What runs here

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