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

QuietInterest Score 2.5 / 10

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

98 trains98 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 98 movements at Ince 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

98 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

06:45–07:456 trains

6 passenger0 freight1 types

06:46arr2W01
MANCHESTER VICTORIA → SOUTHPORT
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
06:51arr2I03
WIGAN WALLGATE → LEEDS
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
07:04arr2W02
MANCHESTER VICTORIA → SOUTHPORT
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
07:08arr2W42
SOUTHPORT → STALYBRIDGE
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
07:36arr2I02
LEEDS → WIGAN WALLGATE
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger
07:39arr2O71
SOUTHPORT → MANCHESTER OXFORD ROAD
Northern · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
Passenger

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07:45–08:456 trains

6 passenger0 freight1 types

08:45–09:456 trains

6 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallSaturday06:45–07:45

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday06:45–07:45

Most unusual—None booked this week

The weekend is quieter — around 42% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.5	98	0	06:45–07:45
Sunday 18	1.1	15	0	09:30–10:30
Monday 19	2.5	98	0	06:45–07:45
Tuesday 20	2.5	98	0	06:45–07:45
Wednesday 21	2.5	98	0	06:45–07:45

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

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

Trains a day98typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour07:00on a weekday

Best dayMondaySaturday at weekends

Around 4.1 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

Monday98 on average
Tuesday98 on average
Wednesday98 on average
Thursday98 on average
Friday98 on average
Saturday98 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 DMU115 workings

Planned operators

Northern115 workings

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

WIGAN NORTH WESTERN

WGN

1.4 km, straight line

WIGAN WALLGATE

WGW

1.6 km, straight lineOn this line

HINDLEY

HIN

2.5 km, straight line

BRYN

BYN

5 km, straight line

WESTHOUGHTON

WHG

6.2 km, straight line

BLACKROD

BLK

6.5 km, straight line

GARSWOOD

GSW

6.9 km, straight line

DAISY HILL

DSY

7.4 km, straight lineOn this line

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00:00	0	0
01:00	0	0
02:00	0	0
03:00	0	0
04:00	0	0
05:00	1	1
06:00	4	2
07:00	6	3
08:00	6	4
09:00	6	3
10:00	6	4
11:00	6	3
12:00	6	4
13:00	6	3
14:00	6	4
15:00	6	3
16:00	6	4
17:00	6	3
18:00	6	4
19:00	6	3
20:00	5	4
21:00	5	3
22:00	3	3
23:00	2	1

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