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What's running through Oxford tomorrow?

Explore booked passenger trains and freight at Oxford tomorrow. Timetable entries show what is expected, not a record of trains observed. 18 October 2026

AverageInterest Score 5.6 / 10

9 unusual movements expected today, including Class 47 diesel locomotive.

199 trains152 passenger10 freight11 classes4 operators

The selected timetable contains 199 movements at Oxford on 18 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

199 booked timetable movements at this location on Sunday 18 October

At a glance

Most trains

16:15–17:1516 trains

13 passenger0 freight3 other6 types

16:15arr1O20
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY → BOURNEMOUTH
CrossCountry · Class 220 or 221 DMU
Passenger
16:17arr1D30
PADDINGTON LONDON → OXFORD
Great Western Railway · Class 802 EMU
Passenger
16:21arr5O86
WEMBLEY LMD → EASTLEIGH BUSINESS TRAVEL
GB Railfreight · Class 68 diesel locomotive
Other
16:22dep5D67
OXFORD → OXFORD
Great Western Railway · Class 802 DMU
Other
16:26arr1P64
HEREFORD → PADDINGTON LONDON
Great Western Railway · Class 802 DMU
Passenger
16:35arr1V34
BIRMINGHAM NEW STREET → READING
CrossCountry · Class 220 or 221 DMU
Passenger
16:37arr1M58
BOURNEMOUTH → MANCHESTER PICCADILLY
CrossCountry · Class 220 or 221 DMU
Passenger
16:39arr1T41
MARYLEBONE LONDON → OXFORD
Chiltern Railways · Class 165/0 DMU
Passenger
16:41dep1Y63
OXFORD → MARYLEBONE LONDON
Chiltern Railways · Class 165/0 DMU
Passenger
16:45arr1W49
PADDINGTON LONDON → GREAT MALVERN
Great Western Railway · Class 802 EMU
Passenger
16:47arr5L01
OXFORD UP CS → READING TRAINCARE DEPOT
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Other
16:56dep1D67
OXFORD → PADDINGTON LONDON
Great Western Railway · Class 802 DMU
Passenger
17:06arr1E60
READING → NEWCASTLE
CrossCountry · Class 220 or 221 DMU
Passenger
17:09arr1T43
MARYLEBONE LONDON → OXFORD
Chiltern Railways · Class 165/0 DMU
Passenger
17:11dep1Y65
OXFORD → MARYLEBONE LONDON
Chiltern Railways · Class 165/0 DMU
Passenger
17:13arr1O22
MANCHESTER PICCADILLY → BOURNEMOUTH
CrossCountry · Class 220 or 221 DMU
Passenger

Other windows

09:30–10:3015 trains

11 passenger0 freight4 other5 types

20:30–21:3015 trains

9 passenger2 freight4 other8 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday08:15–09:15

Best for freightMonday08:15–09:15

Best for varietySaturday11:00–12:00

Most unusualFriday16:30–17:30

The weekend is quieter — around 48% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	6.7	356	39	11:00–12:00
Sunday 18	5.4	197	10	20:30–21:30
Monday 19	7.5	523	115	08:15–09:15
Tuesday 20	7.5	529	112	16:30–17:30
Wednesday 21	7.5	534	113	16:30–17:30

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

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

Trains a day536typical weekday

Freight22%117 movements

Busiest hour16:00on a weekday

Best dayThursdaySaturday at weekends

Around 22.3 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 16:00, 17:00, 18:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday521 on average
Tuesday528 on average
Wednesday533 on average
Thursday544 on average
Friday530 on average
Saturday346 on average
Sunday181 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

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 Oct2Q60
—
GB Railfreight · Class 150, 153, 155 or 156 DMU
17 Oct4V16
—
DB Cargo · Class 66 diesel locomotive
17 Oct5J66
—
GB Railfreight · Class 196 DMU
17 Oct5H69
—
GB Railfreight · Class 68 diesel locomotive
17 Oct5O86
—
GB Railfreight · Class 68 diesel locomotive
17 Oct4M54
—
DB Cargo · Class 66 diesel locomotive
17 Oct5J77
—
GB Railfreight · Class 196 DMU
17 Oct5Z74
—
Class 47 diesel locomotive
16 Oct5O86
—
GB Railfreight · Class 68 diesel locomotive
16 Oct5H80
—
GB Railfreight · Class 68 diesel locomotive
16 Oct1Q21
—
GB Railfreight · HST (InterCity 125)
16 Oct6M68
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct6M54
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct6V53
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct6M40
—
Colas Rail · 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.

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Hour	Weekday	of which freight	Weekend	of which freight
00:00	12	4	5	0
01:00	7	3	3	0
02:00	3	1	0	0
03:00	6	2	1	1
04:00	2	1	2	1
05:00	22	6	4	1
06:00	24	1	10	2
07:00	25	2	12	1
08:00	34	12	12	1
09:00	25	4	16	1
10:00	30	7	16	2
11:00	27	5	18	3
12:00	30	5	15	2
13:00	27	6	14	0
14:00	24	4	15	1
15:00	25	5	15	1
16:00	35	9	14	0
17:00	33	12	15	0
18:00	33	7	16	1
19:00	24	3	15	0
20:00	21	3	14	1
21:00	23	4	14	1
22:00	23	3	13	0
23:00	21	8	8	0

What's running through Oxford tomorrow?

What's worth watching

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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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The week ahead

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What runs here

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