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What's running through Highbury&Islington on 21 October 2026?

Explore booked passenger trains and freight at Highbury&Islington on 21 October 2026. Timetable entries show what is expected, not a record of trains observed. 21 October 2026

QuietInterest Score 3.2 / 10

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219 trains219 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 219 movements at Highbury&Islington on 21 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

219 booked timetable movements at this location on Wednesday 21 October

At a glance

Most trains

17:00–18:0019 trains

19 passenger0 freight1 types

17:03arr2B48
MOORGATE → HERTFORD NORTH
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:04arr2V95
WELWYN GARDEN CITY → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:09arr2K48
MOORGATE → WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:10arr2W89
ALEXANDRA PALACE → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:15arr2G50
MOORGATE → GORDON HILL
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:16arr2B49
HERTFORD NORTH → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:20arr2V51
WELWYN GARDEN CITY → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:21arr2F82
MOORGATE → STEVENAGE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:27arr2V50
MOORGATE → WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:28arr2F51
STEVENAGE → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:33arr2B50
MOORGATE → HERTFORD NORTH
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:34arr2K51
WELWYN GARDEN CITY → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:39arr2K50
MOORGATE → WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:40arr2B51
HERTFORD NORTH → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:45arr2G52
MOORGATE → GORDON HILL
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:46arr2V97
WELWYN GARDEN CITY → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:51arr2F84
MOORGATE → STEVENAGE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:54arr2F53
STEVENAGE → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
17:57arr2V52
MOORGATE → WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger

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07:45–08:4518 trains

18 passenger0 freight1 types

18:00–19:0017 trains

17 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday17:00–18:00

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday06:15–07:15

Most unusual—None booked this week

The weekend is quieter — around 64% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.9	152	0	06:15–07:15
Sunday 18	0.7	4	0	00:00–01:00
Monday 19	3.2	215	0	17:00–18:00
Tuesday 20	3.2	219	0	17:00–18:00
Wednesday 21	3.2	219	0	17:00–18:00

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

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

Trains a day219typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour17:00on a weekday

Best dayTuesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 9.1 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 17:00, 08:00, 18:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday218 on average
Tuesday219 on average
Wednesday219 on average
Thursday219 on average
Friday219 on average
Saturday152 on average
Sunday109 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 717 EMU683 workings

Planned operators

Great Northern683 workings

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON

HII

0.1 km, straight line

CANONBURY WEST JN

XJC

0.4 km, straight line

CALEDONIAN ROAD & BARNSBURY

CIR

0.6 km, straight line

DRAYTON PARK

DYP

0.8 km, straight lineOn this line

ESSEX RD

EXR

0.9 km, straight line

CANONBURY

CNN

1 km, straight line

DALSTON KINGSLAND

DLK

2 km, straight line

KING'S CROSS LONDON

KGX

2 km, straight line

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Hour	Weekday	Weekend
00:00	6	6
01:00	0	0
02:00	0	0
03:00	0	0
04:00	0	0
05:00	6	2
06:00	15	4
07:00	16	7
08:00	18	7
09:00	14	7
10:00	8	7
11:00	8	7
12:00	8	7
13:00	8	7
14:00	8	7
15:00	9	7
16:00	15	7
17:00	19	7
18:00	17	7
19:00	12	7
20:00	8	7
21:00	8	7
22:00	8	7
23:00	8	7

What's running through Highbury&Islington on 21 October 2026?

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

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

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What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

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The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week