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What's running through Lea Green today?

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

QuietInterest Score 3.5 / 10

5 unusual movements expected today, including DMU.

83 trains83 passenger0 freight6 classes2 operators

The selected timetable contains 83 movements at Lea Green 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

83 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

18:00–19:006 trains

6 passenger0 freight3 types

18:00arr2F29
MANCHESTER VICTORIA → LIVERPOOL LIME STREET
Northern · Electric-hauled
Passenger
18:05arr9E18
LIVERPOOL LIME STREET → NEWCASTLE
TransPennine Express · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
18:16arr9M15
NEWCASTLE → LIVERPOOL LIME STREET
TransPennine Express · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
18:23arr2A22
LIVERPOOL LIME STREET → MANCHESTER AIRPORT
Northern · Electric-hauled
Passenger
18:27arr2F31
MANCHESTER AIRPORT → LIVERPOOL LIME STREET
Northern · Electric-hauled
Passenger
18:57arr2W91
LIVERPOOL LIME STREET → WIGAN NORTH WESTERN
Northern · Class 319 EMU
Passenger

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05:30–06:305 trains

5 passenger0 freight3 types

07:00–08:005 trains

5 passenger0 freight3 types

The week ahead

Best day overallSaturday18:00–19:00

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday18:00–19:00

Most unusualSaturday18:00–19:00

The weekend is quieter — around 20% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.5	83	0	18:00–19:00
Sunday 18	2.8	51	0	08:30–09:30
Monday 19	3.3	84	0	18:00–19:00
Tuesday 20	3.3	84	0	18:00–19:00
Wednesday 21	3.3	84	0	18:00–19:00

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

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

Trains a day84typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour09:00on a weekday

Best dayMondaySaturday at weekends

Around 3.5 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 18:00, 09:00, 16:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday84 on average
Tuesday84 on average
Wednesday84 on average
Thursday84 on average
Friday84 on average
Saturday83 on average
Sunday52 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

Electric-hauled96 workings
Class 800 EMU52 workings
DMU36 workings
Class 802 DMU31 workings
Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU1 workings

Planned operators

TransPennine Express119 workings
Northern99 workings

Uncommon in the timetable

Class 319 EMUUnknown

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 Oct1K02
—
TransPennine Express · DMU
17 Oct1K04
—
TransPennine Express · Class 802 DMU
17 Oct2W91
—
Northern · Class 319 EMU

Recent booked movements

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

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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

Recent booked movements

Recent booked movements

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What runs here

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Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable

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What tends to happen here

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The week ahead

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