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What's running through Hounslow today?

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

AverageInterest Score 4.1 / 10

7 unusual movements expected today, including Class 60 diesel locomotive.

100 trains87 passenger3 freight5 classes4 operators

The selected timetable contains 100 movements at Hounslow 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

100 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

14:00–15:008 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

14:09pass1C40
READING PLATFORMS 4A&B → WATERLOO MAIN
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
14:16pass1C39
WATERLOO MAIN → READING PLATFORMS 4A&B
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
14:16arr2S40
WEYBRIDGE → WATERLOO MAIN
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
14:29arr2S39
WATERLOO MAIN → WEYBRIDGE
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
14:39pass1C42
READING PLATFORMS 4A&B → WATERLOO MAIN
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
14:46pass1C41
WATERLOO MAIN → READING PLATFORMS 4A&B
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
14:46arr2S42
WEYBRIDGE → WATERLOO MAIN
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger
14:59arr2S41
WATERLOO MAIN → WEYBRIDGE
South Western Railway · EMU
Passenger

Other windows

17:00–18:008 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

05:30–06:306 trains

5 passenger0 freight1 other1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday20:45–21:45

Best for freightMonday20:45–21:45

Best for varietyMonday20:45–21:45

Most unusualSaturday20:00–21:00

The weekend is busier — around 11% more trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	4.1	100	3	20:00–21:00
Sunday 18	4.1	239	0	09:45–10:45
Monday 19	5.0	156	10	20:45–21:45
Tuesday 20	4.5	150	8	20:00–21:00
Wednesday 21	4.6	152	9	20:00–21:00

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

100 trains are booked here today — 51% fewer than a typical Saturday (204).

Trains a day152typical weekday

Freight6%9 movements

Busiest hour16:00on a weekday

Best dayMondaySunday at weekends

Around 6.3 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 16:00, 19:00, 20:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday157 on average
Tuesday151 on average
Wednesday154 on average
Thursday154 on average
Friday156 on average
Saturday178 on average
Sunday226 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

EMU203 workings
Diesel-hauled24 workings
Class 66 diesel locomotive17 workings
Class 47 diesel locomotive8 workings

Planned operators

South Western Railway203 workings
GB Railfreight41 workings
Freightliner6 workings
DB Cargo5 workings

Uncommon in the timetable

Class 60 diesel locomotive Class 159 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.

17 Oct7Y55
—
DB Cargo · Class 60 diesel locomotive
17 Oct6Y83
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
17 Oct6Y82
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
17 Oct1Y83
—
GB Railfreight · Class 47 diesel locomotive
17 Oct3S85
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct0Y65
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GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct8Y83
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct6Y55
—
DB Cargo · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct4Y51
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DB Cargo · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct4V85
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Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct1V02
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GB Railfreight · Class 47 diesel locomotive
16 Oct5Q65
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GB Railfreight · Class 47 diesel locomotive
16 Oct1V01
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GB Railfreight · Class 47 diesel locomotive
16 Oct1Y83
—
GB Railfreight · Class 47 diesel locomotive
16 Oct6Y85
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive

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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Hour	Weekday	of which freight	Weekend
00:00	2	0	6
01:00	0	0	1
02:00	0	0	0
03:00	0	0	0
04:00	0	0	0
05:00	4	0	4
06:00	9	0	5
07:00	6	1	8
08:00	9	0	10
09:00	9	0	10
10:00	7	0	12
11:00	6	0	11
12:00	6	0	13
13:00	10	1	12
14:00	5	0	12
15:00	7	0	11
16:00	11	0	11
17:00	9	1	12
18:00	8	0	12
19:00	11	0	12
20:00	11	2	11
21:00	11	2	10
22:00	7	2	11
23:00	4	0	11

What's running through Hounslow today?

What's worth watching

At a glance

Most trains

Other windows

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

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

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What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week