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What's running through Reading West today?

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

QuietInterest Score 3.3 / 10

2 unusual movements expected today, including Diesel-hauled.

115 trains113 passenger0 freight3 classes2 operators

The selected timetable contains 115 movements at Reading West 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

115 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

08:45–09:457 trains

7 passenger0 freight2 types

08:45arr2J14
BASINGSTOKE → READING
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger
09:07arr2K32
READING → NEWBURY
Great Western Railway · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
09:12arr2J17
READING → BASINGSTOKE
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger
09:15arr2J16
BASINGSTOKE → READING
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger
09:35arr2K31
NEWBURY → READING
Great Western Railway · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
09:39arr2J21
READING → BASINGSTOKE
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger
09:43arr2J18
BASINGSTOKE → READING
Great Western Railway · Class 165/1 or 166 DMU
Passenger

Other windows

21:15–22:157 trains

7 passenger0 freight2 types

06:30–07:306 trains

6 passenger0 freight2 types

The week ahead

Best day overallTuesday22:15–23:15

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietyTuesday22:15–23:15

Most unusualTuesday22:15–23:15

The weekend is quieter — around 34% fewer trains than a weekday here.

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	3.3	115	0	08:45–09:45
Sunday 18	1.9	45	0	09:15–10:15
Monday 19	3.5	119	0	06:00–07:00
Tuesday 20	3.8	122	0	22:15–23:15
Wednesday 21	3.5	121	0	06:00–07:00

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

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

Trains a day120typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour06:00on a weekday

Best dayTuesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 5.0 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 06:00, 07:00, 08:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday119 on average
Tuesday121 on average
Wednesday121 on average
Thursday121 on average
Friday121 on average
Saturday114 on average
Sunday38 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 Oct6Q01
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct6Q65
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct6U83
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct1K03
—
Great Western Railway · Class 802 DMU
15 Oct1K03
—
Great Western Railway · Class 802 DMU
14 Oct1K03
—
Great Western Railway · Class 802 DMU
13 Oct6F14
—
GB Railfreight · Class 66 diesel locomotive
13 Oct6F18
—
GB Railfreight · Class 66 diesel locomotive
13 Oct1K03
—
Great Western Railway · Class 802 DMU
12 Oct6F11
—
GB Railfreight · Class 66 diesel locomotive
12 Oct1K03
—
Great Western Railway · Class 802 DMU

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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7 km, straight line

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7.7 km, straight line

WINNERSH

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8.3 km, straight line

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Hour	Weekday	Weekend
00:00	2	3
01:00	0	0
02:00	0	0
03:00	0	0
04:00	0	0
05:00	4	1
06:00	10	3
07:00	7	3
08:00	7	4
09:00	5	4
10:00	6	5
11:00	6	4
12:00	6	5
13:00	6	4
14:00	6	5
15:00	6	4
16:00	6	5
17:00	7	4
18:00	6	5
19:00	7	4
20:00	5	5
21:00	6	4
22:00	7	4
23:00	5	3

What's running through Reading West 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

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What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week

The week ahead

Recent booked movements