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What's running through East Didsbury today?

Explore booked passenger trains and freight at East Didsbury today. Timetable entries show what is expected, not a record of trains observed. 18 October 2026

QuietInterest Score 2.2 / 10

3 unusual movements expected today, including Class 323 EMU.

32 trains32 passenger0 freight4 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 32 movements at East Didsbury on 18 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

32 booked timetable movements at this location on Sunday 18 October

At a glance

Most trains

13:15–14:154 trains

4 passenger0 freight2 types

13:37arr1C55
MANCHESTER AIRPORT → BARROW-IN-FURNESS
Northern · DMU
Passenger
13:41arr2A94
LIVERPOOL LIME STREET → MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Northern · Electric-hauled
Passenger
14:06arr1Y96
BARROW-IN-FURNESS → MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Northern · DMU
Passenger
14:08arr2F16
MANCHESTER AIRPORT → LIVERPOOL LIME STREET
Northern · Electric-hauled
Passenger

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15:15–16:154 trains

4 passenger0 freight2 types

07:45–08:453 trains

3 passenger0 freight2 types

The week ahead

Best day overallTuesday06:15–07:15

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySunday13:15–14:15

Most unusualSunday13:15–14:15

The weekend is quieter — around 36% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Sunday 18	2.2	32	0	13:15–14:15
Monday 19	3.0	111	0	06:15–07:15
Tuesday 20	3.1	112	0	06:15–07:15
Wednesday 21	3.1	112	0	06:15–07:15
Thursday 22	3.1	112	0	06:15–07:15

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

32 trains are booked here today — about the same as a typical Sunday.

Trains a day110typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour07:00on a weekday

Best dayFridaySaturday at weekends

Around 4.6 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday109 on average
Tuesday110 on average
Wednesday110 on average
Thursday110 on average
Friday112 on average
Saturday110 on average
Sunday32 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

Electric-hauled72 workings
Class 197 DMU53 workings
Class 323 EMU44 workings
DMU14 workings

Planned operators

Northern133 workings
Transport for Wales53 workings

Uncommon in the timetable

UnknownClass 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU

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.

11 Oct1N53
—
Northern · Class 323 EMU
11 Oct2A72
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Northern · Class 323 EMU
11 Oct1Y91
—
Northern · 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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22:00	5	4
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What's running through East Didsbury today?

What's worth watching

At a glance

Most trains

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The week ahead

The week ahead

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

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Recent booked movements

The week ahead

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