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What's running through Clifton Down today?

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

QuietInterest Score 2.3 / 10

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

70 trains70 passenger0 freight2 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 70 movements at Clifton Down 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

70 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

06:00–07:005 trains

5 passenger0 freight1 types

06:00arr2K02
BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS → SEVERN BEACH
Great Western Railway · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:25arr2K03
SEVERN BEACH → BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS
Great Western Railway · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:26arr2K06
BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS → SEVERN BEACH
Great Western Railway · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:57arr2K05
SEVERN BEACH → BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS
Great Western Railway · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:58arr2K08
BRISTOL TEMPLE MEADS → SEVERN BEACH
Great Western Railway · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger

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14:00–15:005 trains

5 passenger0 freight2 types

16:00–17:005 trains

5 passenger0 freight2 types

The week ahead

Best day overallFriday20:45–21:45

Best for freightSunday18:45–19:45

Best for varietyFriday20:45–21:45

Most unusualFriday20:45–21:45

The weekend is quieter — around 32% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.3	70	0	14:00–15:00
Sunday 18	2.2	30	1	18:45–19:45
Monday 19	3.1	73	1	20:45–21:45
Tuesday 20	3.1	73	1	20:45–21:45
Wednesday 21	3.1	73	1	20:45–21:45

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

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

Trains a day73typical weekday

Freight1%1 movements

Busiest hour21:00on a weekday

Best dayFridaySaturday at weekends

Around 3.0 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 14:00, 21:00, 06:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday73 on average
Tuesday73 on average
Wednesday73 on average
Thursday73 on average
Friday74 on average
Saturday70 on average
Sunday30 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 Oct1Q17
—
GB Railfreight · HST (InterCity 125)
16 Oct6A03
—
GB Railfreight · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct3S59
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

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Hour	Weekday	of which freight	Weekend	of which freight
00:00	0	0	0	0
01:00	0	0	0	0
02:00	0	0	0	0
03:00	0	0	0	0
04:00	0	0	0	0
05:00	2	0	1	0
06:00	4	0	3	0
07:00	3	0	2	0
08:00	4	0	2	0
09:00	4	0	3	0
10:00	4	0	3	0
11:00	4	0	3	0
12:00	4	0	3	0
13:00	4	0	3	0
14:00	5	0	4	0
15:00	3	0	3	0
16:00	4	0	4	0
17:00	4	0	3	0
18:00	4	0	5	0
19:00	4	0	5	1
20:00	4	0	3	0
21:00	6	1	3	0
22:00	3	0	2	0
23:00	3	0	1	0

What's running through Clifton Down today?

What's worth watching

At a glance

Most trains

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The week ahead

What tends to happen here

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What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable

What runs here

Recent booked movements

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The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week

Recent booked movements

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What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable