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What's running through Leighton Buzzard today?

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

QuietInterest Score 2.8 / 10

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137 trains137 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 137 movements at Leighton Buzzard 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

137 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

07:00–08:008 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

07:04arr2K03
EUSTON LONDON → MILTON KEYNES CENTRAL
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger
07:05arr2B06
BLETCHLEY → EUSTON LONDON
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger
07:09arr1Y04
BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET → EUSTON LONDON
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger
07:22arr2K05
EUSTON LONDON → MILTON KEYNES CENTRAL
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger
07:34arr2N08
NORTHAMPTON → EUSTON LONDON
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger
07:41arr2K04
MILTON KEYNES CENTRAL → EUSTON LONDON
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger
07:46arr1Y06
BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET → EUSTON LONDON
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger
07:54arr1Y15
EUSTON LONDON → BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET
West Midlands Railway · Class 350/1 (110mph) EMU
Passenger

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08:00–09:008 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

09:00–10:008 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallTuesday15:45–16:45

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySunday19:30–20:30

Most unusualMonday15:45–16:45

The weekend is quieter — around 18% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.8	137	0	07:00–08:00
Sunday 18	2.8	113	0	19:30–20:30
Monday 19	3.3	150	0	15:45–16:45
Tuesday 20	3.4	152	0	15:45–16:45
Wednesday 21	3.4	152	0	15:45–16:45

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

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

Trains a day152typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour18:00on a weekday

Best dayWednesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 6.3 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 16:00, 18:00, 19:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday150 on average
Tuesday152 on average
Wednesday153 on average
Thursday152 on average
Friday152 on average
Saturday138 on average
Sunday114 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 350/1 (110mph) EMU344 workings
Unknown2 workings

Planned operators

West Midlands Railway346 workings
GB Railfreight1 workings

Uncommon in the timetable

Class 350 EMU

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 Oct5Q28
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GB Railfreight · Class 350 EMU
15 Oct5Q28
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GB Railfreight · Class 350 EMU
14 Oct5V73
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GB Railfreight · Class 345 EMU
14 Oct5Q28
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GB Railfreight · Class 350 EMU
13 Oct5Q28
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GB Railfreight · Class 350 EMU
12 Oct5Q28
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GB Railfreight · Class 350 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	2	2
01:00	2	2
02:00	1	1
03:00	1	2
04:00	1	2
05:00	2	1
06:00	6	4
07:00	9	5
08:00	8	6
09:00	8	6
10:00	8	6
11:00	8	7
12:00	8	8
13:00	8	8
14:00	8	8
15:00	8	8
16:00	9	8
17:00	8	8
18:00	10	8
19:00	9	8
20:00	8	7
21:00	10	4
22:00	6	6
23:00	4	5

What's running through Leighton Buzzard 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

Nearby places to spot trains

Nearby places to spot trains

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What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week