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What's running through Earley today?

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

QuietInterest Score 3.7 / 10

2 unusual movements expected today, including Diesel-hauled.

155 trains150 passenger0 freight3 classes3 operators

The selected timetable contains 155 movements at Earley 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

155 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

17:00–18:0010 trains

10 passenger0 freight2 types

17:06arr2C47
WATERLOO MAIN → READING PLATFORMS 4A&B
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
17:13arr2C56
READING PLATFORMS 4A&B → WATERLOO MAIN
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
17:23pass1V55
GATWICK AIRPORT → READING PLATFORMS 4A&B
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger
17:28pass1O80
READING PLATFORMS 4A&B → GATWICK AIRPORT
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger
17:32arr1Z47
ASCOT → READING PLATFORMS 4A&B
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
17:36arr2C49
WATERLOO MAIN → READING PLATFORMS 4A&B
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
17:43arr2C58
READING PLATFORMS 4A&B → WATERLOO MAIN
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
17:51pass1V56
GATWICK AIRPORT → READING PLATFORMS 4A&B
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger
17:54pass1Z58
READING PLATFORMS 4A&B → WATERLOO MAIN
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
17:58pass1O81
READING PLATFORMS 4A&B → GATWICK AIRPORT
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger

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07:30–08:309 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 other3 types

10:15–11:159 trains

9 passenger0 freight2 types

The week ahead

Best day overallThursday19:45–20:45

Best for freightTuesday19:45–20:45

Best for varietyMonday19:45–20:45

Most unusualThursday19:45–20:45

The weekend is quieter — around 12% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

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

Trains a day162typical weekday

Freight2%4 movements

Busiest hour20:00on a weekday

Best dayThursdaySaturday at weekends

Around 6.8 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 08:00, 20:00, 11:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday161 on average
Tuesday160 on average
Wednesday161 on average

What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

EMU248 workings
Class 165/1 or 166 DMU184 workings
Diesel-hauled13 workings
Class 47 diesel locomotive10 workings

Planned operators

South Western Railway

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.

17 Oct3S83
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct8Y84
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct5E79
—
CrossCountry · Class 220 or 221 DMU

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

WINNERSH TRIANGLE

WTI

1.6 km, straight lineOn this line

WINNERSH

WNS

3 km, straight lineOn this line

READING PLATFORMS 4A&B

RDZ

3.2 km, straight line

READING

RDG

4.2 km, straight lineOn this line

READING WEST

RDW

5.3 km, straight line

TWYFORD

TWY

5.4 km, straight line

WOKINGHAM

WKM

6.2 km, straight lineOn this line

TILEHURST

TLH

8.6 km, straight line

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Hour	Weekday	of which freight	Weekend	of which freight
00:00	6	0	5	0
01:00	1	0	2	0
02:00	0	0	0	0
03:00	0	0	0	0
04:00	1	0	1	0
05:00	3	0	2	0
06:00	10	0	4	0
07:00	7	0	7	0
08:00	10	1	7	0
09:00	8	0

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.7	155	0	07:30–08:30
Sunday 18	3.7	132	0	16:45–17:45
Monday 19	4.7	163	3	19:45–20:45
Tuesday 20	4.7	160	4	19:45–20:45
Wednesday 21	4.8	161	4	19:45–20:45
Thursday 22	4.9	165	4	19:45–20:45
Friday 23	4.8	162	4	19:45–20:45

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What tends to happen here

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Planned operators

What runs here

Recent booked movements

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