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What's running through Heaton Chapel today?

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

QuietInterest Score 2.9 / 10

A quieter day here — worth checking another location or mode.

133 trains133 passenger0 freight2 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 133 movements at Heaton Chapel 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

133 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

06:15–07:159 trains

9 passenger0 freight2 types

06:16arr2K30
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY → CREWE
Northern · Class 323 EMU
Passenger
06:28arr2B00
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY → BUXTON
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:28arr2H40
CREWE → MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
Northern · Class 323 EMU
Passenger
06:35arr2B01
BUXTON → MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:50arr2K80
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY → ALDERLEY EDGE
Northern · Class 323 EMU
Passenger
06:58arr2B02
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY → BUXTON
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
07:05arr2B03
BUXTON → MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
07:13arr2H89
STOKE-ON-TRENT → MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
Northern · Class 323 EMU
Passenger
07:14arr2K31
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY → CREWE
Northern · Class 323 EMU
Passenger

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07:15–08:158 trains

8 passenger0 freight2 types

08:15–09:158 trains

8 passenger0 freight2 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday06:15–07:15

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday06:15–07:15

Most unusual—None booked this week

The weekend is quieter — around 46% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.9	133	0	06:15–07:15
Sunday 18	1.3	15	0	10:45–11:45
Monday 19	3.0	138	0	06:15–07:15
Tuesday 20	3.0	138	0	06:15–07:15
Wednesday 21	3.0	138	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

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

Trains a day137typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour07:00on a weekday

Best dayMondaySaturday at weekends

Around 5.7 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 07:00, 09:00, 17:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday138 on average
Tuesday138 on average
Wednesday138 on average
Thursday138 on average
Friday138 on average
Saturday133 on average
Sunday15 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 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU86 workings
Class 323 EMU73 workings

Planned operators

Northern159 workings

What runs here

Recent booked movements

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RDS

1.8 km, straight line

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LVM

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MAU

2.2 km, straight line

BURNAGE

BNA

2.5 km, straight line

STOCKPORT

SPT

2.6 km, straight lineOn this line

REDDISH NORTH

RDN

3 km, straight line

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06:00	7	3
07:00	9	5
08:00	8	5
09:00	9	4
10:00	8	5
11:00	8	5
12:00	8	5
13:00	8	5
14:00	8	5
15:00	8	5
16:00	8	5
17:00	9	4
18:00	8	4
19:00	8	5
20:00	8	5
21:00	6	4
22:00	5	3
23:00	4	3

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