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What's running through Cannock today?

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

QuietInterest Score 2.3 / 10

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72 trains71 passenger0 freight2 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 72 movements at Cannock 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

72 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

06:00–07:006 trains

5 passenger0 freight1 other2 types

06:00arr2H21
BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET → HEDNESFORD
West Midlands Railway · Class 730 EMU
Passenger
06:14arr2W04
HEDNESFORD → WOLVERHAMPTON
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger
06:22arr2H00
WOLVERHAMPTON → HEDNESFORD
West Midlands Railway · Class 730 EMU
Passenger
06:35arr2I03
HEDNESFORD → BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL
West Midlands Railway · Class 730 EMU
Passenger
06:45arr2H03
WOLVERHAMPTON → HEDNESFORD
West Midlands Railway · Class 730 EMU
Passenger
06:53arr5H06
WOLVERHAMPTON CS → HEDNESFORD
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Other

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21:00–22:005 trains

5 passenger0 freight2 types

07:00–08:004 trains

4 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallTuesday06:00–07:00

Best for freightTuesday06:00–07:00

Best for varietyTuesday06:00–07:00

Most unusualWednesday06:00–07:00

The weekend is quieter — around 28% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.3	72	0	06:00–07:00
Sunday 18	1.5	29	0	09:30–10:30
Monday 19	2.8	70	0	06:00–07:00
Tuesday 20	3.3	71	1	06:00–07:00
Wednesday 21	3.3	71	1	06:00–07:00

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

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

Trains a day70typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour06:00on a weekday

Best dayMondaySaturday at weekends

Around 2.9 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 06:00, 09:00, 10:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday70 on average
Tuesday70 on average
Wednesday70 on average
Thursday70 on average
Friday70 on average
Saturday71 on average
Sunday29 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

Class 730 EMU112 workings
Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU24 workings

Planned operators

West Midlands Railway136 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.

16 Oct2W04
—
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
16 Oct2I86
—
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
16 Oct2A90
—
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU

Recent booked movements

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17:00	4	3
18:00	4	3
19:00	4	3
20:00	4	3
21:00	4	4
22:00	3	2
23:00	2	2

What's running through Cannock 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

What runs here

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Recent booked movements

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