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What's running through Kentish Town London today?

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

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580 trains563 passenger0 freight5 classes2 operators

The selected timetable contains 580 movements at Kentish Town London 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

580 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

19:15–20:1533 trains

32 passenger0 freight1 other5 types

19:17pass9P82
RAINHAM KT → WEST HAMPSTEAD THAMESLINK
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:18pass1H52
CORBY → ST PANCRAS LONDON
East Midlands Railway · Class 360 EMU
Passenger
19:18pass1Y55
ST PANCRAS LONDON → CORBY
East Midlands Railway · Class 360 EMU
Passenger
19:21pass1B79
NOTTINGHAM → ST PANCRAS LONDON
East Midlands Railway · Class 810 DMU
Passenger
19:21arr9O67
ST ALBANS CITY → SUTTON (SURREY)
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:22arr9O60
SUTTON (SURREY) → ST ALBANS CITY
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:25pass9P57
LUTON → RAINHAM KT
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:25pass9T50
BRIGHTON → BEDFORD MIDLAND
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:28pass9R51
BEDFORD MIDLAND → THREE BRIDGES
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:32pass1C80
SHEFFIELD → ST PANCRAS LONDON
East Midlands Railway · Class 810 DMU
Passenger
19:35pass1F72
ST PANCRAS LONDON → SHEFFIELD
East Midlands Railway · DMU
Passenger
19:36arr9V69
ST ALBANS CITY → SUTTON (SURREY)
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:37arr9V62
SUTTON (SURREY) → ST ALBANS CITY
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:38pass1D73
ST PANCRAS LONDON → NOTTINGHAM
East Midlands Railway · Class 810 EMU
Passenger
19:40pass3O01
CRICKLEWOOD SOUTH SIDINGS → HERNE HILL SIDING
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Other
19:40pass9R56
THREE BRIDGES → LUTON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:43pass9T59
BEDFORD MIDLAND → BRIGHTON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:47pass9P84
RAINHAM KT → WEST HAMPSTEAD THAMESLINK
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:48pass1H54
CORBY → ST PANCRAS LONDON
East Midlands Railway · Class 360 EMU
Passenger
19:48pass1Y57
ST PANCRAS LONDON → CORBY
East Midlands Railway · Class 360 EMU
Passenger
19:51pass1B82
NOTTINGHAM → ST PANCRAS LONDON
East Midlands Railway · DMU
Passenger
19:51arr9O69
ST ALBANS CITY → SUTTON (SURREY)
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:52arr9O62
SUTTON (SURREY) → ST ALBANS CITY
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:55pass9P59
LUTON → RAINHAM KT
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:55pass9T52
BRIGHTON → BEDFORD MIDLAND
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
19:58pass9R53
BEDFORD MIDLAND → GATWICK AIRPORT
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
20:04pass1C83
SHEFFIELD → ST PANCRAS LONDON
East Midlands Railway · DMU
Passenger
20:05pass1F75
ST PANCRAS LONDON → SHEFFIELD
East Midlands Railway · Class 810 EMU
Passenger
20:06arr9V71
ST ALBANS CITY → SUTTON (SURREY)
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
20:07arr9V64
SUTTON (SURREY) → ST ALBANS CITY
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
20:08pass1D96
ST PANCRAS LONDON → NOTTINGHAM
East Midlands Railway · Class 810 EMU
Passenger
20:10pass9R58
THREE BRIDGES → LUTON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
20:13pass9T61
BEDFORD MIDLAND → BRIGHTON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger

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21:00–22:0033 trains

32 passenger0 freight1 other4 types

07:45–08:4532 trains

32 passenger0 freight5 types

The week ahead

Best day overallFriday13:45–14:45

Best for freightMonday13:45–14:45

Best for varietyFriday13:45–14:45

Most unusualFriday13:45–14:45

The weekend is quieter — around 24% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	4.6	580	0	19:15–20:15
Sunday 18	4.7	418	0	18:45–19:45
Monday 19	5.5	654	7	13:45–14:45
Tuesday 20	5.5	662	7	13:45–14:45
Wednesday 21	5.3	659	7	13:45–14:45

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

580 trains are booked here today — 5% more than a typical Saturday (554).

Trains a day655typical weekday

Freight1%7 movements

Busiest hour08:00on a weekday

Best dayTuesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 27.3 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 17:00, 08:00, 11:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday649 on average
Tuesday653 on average
Wednesday651 on average
Thursday652 on average
Friday650 on average
Saturday560 on average
Sunday369 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 700 EMU707 workings
DMU184 workings
Class 360 EMU142 workings
Class 810 DMU74 workings
Class 810 EMU70 workings

Planned operators

Thameslink707 workings
East Midlands Railway470 workings
GB Railfreight25 workings

Uncommon in the timetable

Class 66 diesel locomotiveDiesel-hauledHST (InterCity 125)

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 Oct3J91
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct3J91
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
13 Oct3J91
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
11 Oct3J91
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled

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

Nearby places to spot trains

KENTISH TOWN WEST

KTW

0 km, straight line

CAMDEN ROAD LONDON

CMD

0.8 km, straight line

GOSPEL OAK

GPO

0.9 km, straight line

CARMD

XCM

1 km, straight line

HAMPSTEAD HEATH

HDH

1.5 km, straight line

UP CARRIAGE SHED

XEU

1.7 km, straight line

CARMD(CARRIAGE ENGINEERING)

XEN

1.8 km, straight line

JUNCTION ROAD JUNCTION

XJR

2 km, straight lineOn this line

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Hour	Weekday	of which freight	Weekend
00:00	13	0	8
01:00	5	0	5
02:00	2	0	2
03:00	3	0	1
04:00	5	0	4
05:00	19	1	7
06:00	29	0	13
07:00	37	0	16
08:00	40	0	19
09:00	37	0	24
10:00	34	0	25
11:00	37	2	25
12:00	31	0	27
13:00	34	0	27
14:00	36	3	27
15:00	35	0	28
16:00	36	0	29
17:00	38	0	29
18:00	37	1	28
19:00	35	0	29
20:00	33	0	28
21:00	33	0	27
22:00	27	0	23
23:00	19	0	13

What's running through Kentish Town London today?

What's worth watching

At a glance

Most trains

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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

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What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable

Recent booked movements

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week

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