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

AverageInterest Score 4.8 / 10

513 trains327 passenger0 freight6 classes4 operators

The selected timetable contains 513 movements at Cambridge 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

513 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

06:15–07:1528 trains

17 passenger0 freight11 other6 types

06:16arr5S07
CAMBRIDGE RECEPTION SDGS → CAMBRIDGE
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Other
06:17dep2B09
CAMBRIDGE → STANSTED AIRPORT
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
06:19arr1T90
KING'S CROSS LONDON → CAMBRIDGE
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
06:20dep0B00
CAMBRIDGE → PETERBOROUGH
CrossCountry
Other
06:20arr2H04
STANSTED AIRPORT → CAMBRIDGE
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
06:21arr5C09
CAMBRIDGE SIDINGS NORTH → CAMBRIDGE
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Other
06:21dep9S07
CAMBRIDGE → BRIGHTON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
06:24dep2C09
CAMBRIDGE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Great Northern · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
06:28dep0B00
CAMBRIDGE → ELY(CAMB)
Greater Anglia
Other
06:29dep0B00
CAMBRIDGE → ELY(CAMB)
Great Northern
Other
06:29arr2W00
IPSWICH → CAMBRIDGE
Greater Anglia · Class 755 EMU
Passenger
06:30arr0B00
ELY(CAMB) → CAMBRIDGE
Great Northern
Other
06:39arr1C02
KING'S CROSS LONDON → CAMBRIDGE
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
06:41dep2W05
CAMBRIDGE → IPSWICH
Greater Anglia · DMU
Passenger
06:42dep1T05
CAMBRIDGE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
06:45arr1T02
KING'S CROSS LONDON → CAMBRIDGE
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
06:47dep2B11
CAMBRIDGE → STANSTED AIRPORT
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
06:49arr0B00
CAMBRIDGE NORTH → CAMBRIDGE
Greater Anglia
Other
06:50arr2H06
STANSTED AIRPORT → CAMBRIDGE
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
06:51dep9S09
CAMBRIDGE → BRIGHTON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
06:55dep0B00
CAMBRIDGE → PETERBOROUGH
CrossCountry
Other
06:59dep2B13
CAMBRIDGE → STANSTED AIRPORT
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
07:00dep0B00
CAMBRIDGE → CAMBRIDGE NORTH
Greater Anglia
Other
07:05arr2C00
KING'S CROSS LONDON → CAMBRIDGE
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
07:07arr2H08
STANSTED AIRPORT → CAMBRIDGE
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
07:08arr0B00
CAMBRIDGE NORTH → CAMBRIDGE
Greater Anglia
Other
07:09arr3S11
EMUD → CAMBRIDGE
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Other
07:12dep1T07
CAMBRIDGE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger

Other windows

20:45–21:4528 trains

17 passenger0 freight11 other6 types

08:30–09:3027 trains

18 passenger0 freight9 other6 types

The week ahead

Best day overallTuesday16:15–17:15

Best for freightMonday16:15–17:15

Best for varietyMonday16:15–17:15

Most unusualTuesday16:15–17:15

The weekend is quieter — around 10% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	4.8	513	0	06:15–07:15
Sunday 18	4.6	391	0	18:45–19:45
Monday 19	5.8	500	5	16:15–17:15
Tuesday 20	6.0	506	5	16:15–17:15
Wednesday 21	5.7	504	3	16:15–17:15

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

513 trains are booked here today — 27% more than a typical Saturday (404).

Trains a day499typical weekday

Freight1%3 movements

Busiest hour07:00on a weekday

Best dayTuesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 20.8 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 07:00, 09:00, 19:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday495 on average
Tuesday503 on average
Wednesday501 on average
Thursday498 on average
Friday498 on average
Saturday431 on average
Sunday319 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

Represented by only one or two permanent schedule records; check the selected date before planning a visit.

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.

16 Oct6L02
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct0C70
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct0E91
—
Diesel-hauled
16 Oct3S81
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct0C70
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct6L02
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
15 Oct6P06
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
15 Oct3S81
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct6L96
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct6R07
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
15 Oct3S20
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct3S50
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
14 Oct6L02
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
13 Oct6L02
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
13 Oct6P06
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive

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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11.5 km, straight line

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Hour	Weekday	of which freight	Weekend
00:00	12	0	13
01:00	8	0	8
02:00	1	0	0
03:00	0	0	0
04:00	8	0	3
05:00	23	1	9
06:00	29	0	14
07:00	30	0	15
08:00	27	0	18
09:00	28	0	22
10:00	26	0	20
11:00	20	0	20
12:00	22	0	19
13:00	21	0	19
14:00	23	0	19
15:00	25	0	19
16:00	28	2	20
17:00	25	0	20
18:00	27	0	20
19:00	29	0	20
20:00	25	0	20
21:00	20	0	19
22:00	21	0	20
23:00	21	0	18

What's running through Cambridge today?

What's worth watching

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What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week

What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Recent booked movements

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