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Explore booked passenger trains and freight at Johnstone 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.

149 trains149 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 149 movements at Johnstone 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

149 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

08:30–09:3010 trains

10 passenger0 freight1 types

08:30arr2F55
GLASGOW CENTRAL → ARDROSSAN SOUTH BEACH
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
08:40arr1K12
AYR → GLASGOW CENTRAL
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
08:43arr1K11
GLASGOW CENTRAL → AYR
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
08:48arr1F01
GLASGOW CENTRAL → ARDROSSAN HARBOUR
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
08:55arr2T04
LARGS → GLASGOW CENTRAL
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
08:59arr2T05
GLASGOW CENTRAL → LARGS
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
09:10arr1K14
AYR → GLASGOW CENTRAL
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
09:14arr1K13
GLASGOW CENTRAL → AYR
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
09:25arr2F58
ARDROSSAN HARBOUR → GLASGOW CENTRAL
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger
09:29arr2F57
GLASGOW CENTRAL → ARDROSSAN HARBOUR
ScotRail · Class 380 EMU
Passenger

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17:45–18:4510 trains

10 passenger0 freight1 types

07:00–08:009 trains

9 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallThursday17:30–18:30

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietyThursday17:30–18:30

Most unusualThursday17:30–18:30

The weekend is quieter — around 23% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.9	149	0	08:30–09:30
Sunday 18	2.7	92	0	13:30–14:30
Monday 19	3.2	155	0	11:45–12:45
Tuesday 20	3.2	156	0	11:45–12:45
Wednesday 21	3.2	156	0	11:45–12:45

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

149 trains are booked here today — 8% fewer than a typical Saturday (162).

Trains a day156typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour08:00on a weekday

Best dayThursdaySaturday at weekends

Around 6.5 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 08:00, 12:00, 17:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday155 on average
Tuesday156 on average
Wednesday156 on average
Thursday157 on average
Friday156 on average
Saturday159 on average
Sunday112 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 380 EMU293 workings
Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU2 workings

Planned operators

ScotRail295 workings
GB Railfreight1 workings

Uncommon in the timetable

Diesel-hauled

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.

16 Oct5K97
—
ScotRail · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
15 Oct6J51
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct6T46
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct5K97
—
ScotRail · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
14 Oct5K97
—
ScotRail · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
13 Oct5K97
—
ScotRail · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
12 Oct6T48
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
12 Oct5K97
—
ScotRail · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
11 Oct5Z30
—
ScotRail · EMU

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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00:00	1	1
01:00	0	0
02:00	0	0
03:00	0	0
04:00	0	0
05:00	1	1
06:00	5	3
07:00	10	6
08:00	12	5
09:00	8	8
10:00	9	9
11:00	8	8
12:00	10	9
13:00	8	8
14:00	8	9
15:00	8	8
16:00	8	8
17:00	11	8
18:00	8	9
19:00	9	7
20:00	7	8
21:00	9	7
22:00	8	7
23:00	8	6

What's running through Johnstone today?

What's worth watching

At a glance

Most trains

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The week ahead

What tends to happen here

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What tends to happen here

What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable

What runs here

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Recent booked movements

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What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

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Recent booked movements

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The week ahead

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