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What's running through The Hawthorns today?

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

QuietInterest Score 2.7 / 10

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125 trains125 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 125 movements at The Hawthorns 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

125 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

08:45–09:458 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

08:52arr2K18
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON → KIDDERMINSTER
West Midlands Railway · Class 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU
Passenger
08:53arr2S21
KIDDERMINSTER → WHITLOCKS END
West Midlands Railway · Class 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU
Passenger
09:07arr2V20
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON → WORCESTER FOREGATE STREET
West Midlands Railway · Class 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU
Passenger
09:08arr2C23
WORCESTER FOREGATE STREET → DORRIDGE
West Midlands Railway · Class 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU
Passenger
09:22arr2K22
WHITLOCKS END → KIDDERMINSTER
West Midlands Railway · Class 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU
Passenger
09:23arr2S25
KIDDERMINSTER → STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
West Midlands Railway · Class 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU
Passenger
09:37arr2V24
DORRIDGE → WORCESTER FOREGATE STREET
West Midlands Railway · Class 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU
Passenger
09:38arr2D27
WORCESTER SHRUB HILL → STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
West Midlands Railway · Class 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU
Passenger

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09:45–10:458 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

10:45–11:458 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallFriday22:30–23:30

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietyMonday22:30–23:30

Most unusualFriday22:30–23:30

The weekend is quieter — around 35% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.7	125	0	08:45–09:45
Sunday 18	1.7	44	0	10:15–11:15
Monday 19	3.2	130	0	22:30–23:30
Tuesday 20	3.2	130	0	22:30–23:30
Wednesday 21	3.2	130	0	22:30–23:30

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

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

Trains a day130typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour07:00on a weekday

Best dayMondaySaturday at weekends

Around 5.4 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 07:00, 08:00, 09:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday130 on average
Tuesday130 on average
Wednesday130 on average
Thursday130 on average
Friday130 on average
Saturday125 on average
Sunday45 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 172/0, 172/1 or 172/2 DMU297 workings
Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 DMU2 workings

Planned operators

West Midlands Railway297 workings
Chiltern Railways2 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 Oct1J65
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Chiltern Railways · Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 DMU
15 Oct1J65
—
Chiltern Railways · Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 DMU
14 Oct1J65
—
Chiltern Railways · Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 DMU
13 Oct1J65
—
Chiltern Railways · Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 DMU
12 Oct1J65
—
Chiltern Railways · Class 158, 168, 170 or 175 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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18:00	8	5
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20:00	6	5
21:00	5	4
22:00	4	3
23:00	4	3

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Most trains

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What tends to happen here

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What tends to happen here

What runs here

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What runs here

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Recent booked movements

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