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What's running through Colchester Town today?

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

QuietInterest Score 2.4 / 10

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96 trains96 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 96 movements at Colchester Town 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

96 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

07:45–08:456 trains

6 passenger0 freight1 types

07:48arr2F10
COLCHESTER → COLCHESTER TOWN
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
08:00dep2F13
COLCHESTER TOWN → COLCHESTER
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
08:03arr2F12
COLCHESTER → WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
08:28arr2F14
COLCHESTER → COLCHESTER TOWN
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
08:35dep1F25
COLCHESTER TOWN → LIVERPOOL STREET LONDON
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger
08:40arr2F17
WALTON-ON-THE-NAZE → COLCHESTER
Greater Anglia · Class 720 EMU
Passenger

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08:45–09:456 trains

6 passenger0 freight1 types

09:45–10:456 trains

6 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallWednesday20:15–21:15

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietyTuesday09:15–10:15

Most unusualWednesday20:15–21:15

The weekend looks much like the rest of the week here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.4	96	0	07:45–08:45
Sunday 18	0.0	0	0	—
Monday 19	2.5	98	0	16:00–17:00
Tuesday 20	2.9	99	0	09:15–10:15
Wednesday 21	3.1	100	0	20:15–21:15

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

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

Trains a day98typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour16:00on a weekday

Best dayWednesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 4.1 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 16:00, 17:00, 20:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday98 on average
Tuesday99 on average
Wednesday100 on average
Thursday98 on average
Friday98 on average
Saturday96 on average

Passenger
Freight
Other

Weekday (Mon–Fri)

Averaged over 24 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 720 EMU127 workings
Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU3 workings

Planned operators

Greater Anglia127 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.

14 Oct2Q42
—
GB Railfreight · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
14 Oct2Q43
—
GB Railfreight · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
13 Oct2Q21
—
GB Railfreight · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU

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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23:00	2	2

What's running through Colchester Town today?

What's worth watching

At a glance

Most trains

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The week ahead

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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

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What tends to happen here

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Recent booked movements

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