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What's running through Charing Cross London today?

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

QuietInterest Score 3.5 / 10

A quieter day here — worth checking another location or mode.

307 trains305 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 307 movements at Charing Cross London 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

307 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

23:00–00:0017 trains

17 passenger0 freight1 types

23:00dep1H28
CHARING CROSS LONDON → HASTINGS
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:03dep2Y32
CHARING CROSS LONDON → SEVENOAKS
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:13arr2C72
BARNEHURST → CHARING CROSS LONDON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:16arr2Y74
SEVENOAKS → CHARING CROSS LONDON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:18arr1H78
HASTINGS → CHARING CROSS LONDON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:21dep2V56
CHARING CROSS LONDON → HAYES (KENT)
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:25dep2M76
CHARING CROSS LONDON → DARTFORD
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:28arr2K56
HAYES (KENT) → CHARING CROSS LONDON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:30dep1H30
CHARING CROSS LONDON → HASTINGS
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:33dep2Y34
CHARING CROSS LONDON → SEVENOAKS
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:43arr2C74
DARTFORD → CHARING CROSS LONDON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:46arr2Y76
SEVENOAKS → CHARING CROSS LONDON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:48arr1H80
HASTINGS → CHARING CROSS LONDON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:51dep2V60
CHARING CROSS LONDON → HAYES (KENT)
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:55dep2M78
CHARING CROSS LONDON → DARTFORD
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:58arr2K60
HAYES (KENT) → CHARING CROSS LONDON
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger
23:59dep1H32
CHARING CROSS LONDON → TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Southeastern · EMU
Passenger

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06:45–07:4516 trains

16 passenger0 freight1 types

07:45–08:4516 trains

16 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday08:00–09:00

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday23:00–00:00

Most unusual—None booked this week

The weekend is quieter — around 64% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.5	307	0	23:00–00:00
Sunday 18	3.1	199	0	08:15–09:15
Monday 19	4.0	683	0	08:00–09:00
Tuesday 20	4.0	674	0	08:00–09:00
Wednesday 21	4.0	697	0	08:00–09:00

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

307 trains are booked here today — 50% fewer than a typical Saturday (612).

Trains a day696typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour08:00on a weekday

Best dayThursdaySaturday at weekends

Around 29.0 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 08:00, 17:00, 07:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday685 on average
Tuesday675 on average
Wednesday698 on average
Thursday714 on average
Friday710 on average
Saturday536 on average
Sunday325 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

EMU1,066 workings
Diesel-hauled3 workings

Planned operators

Southeastern1,066 workings
GB Railfreight3 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.

15 Oct3Q41
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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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XWA

1.3 km, straight line

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BFR

1.7 km, straight line

CITY THAMESLINK

CTK

1.7 km, straight line

FARRINGDON

ZFD

2 km, straight line

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XMK

2.1 km, straight lineOn this line

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CST

2.3 km, straight line

ELEPHANT & CASTLE

EPH

2.3 km, straight line

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06:00	29	11
07:00	44	18
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What's running through Charing Cross London today?

What's worth watching

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Most trains

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What tends to happen here

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What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Recent booked movements

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What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Recent booked movements

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The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week