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What's running through Thornton Heath today?

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

QuietInterest Score 2.9 / 10

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147 trains146 passenger0 freight1 classes1 operators

The selected timetable contains 147 movements at Thornton Heath 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

147 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

22:30–23:309 trains

9 passenger0 freight1 types

22:34arr2J69
CENTRAL → EAST CROYDON
Southern · EMU
Passenger
22:43arr2B45
EPSOM DOWNS → VICTORIA (C) (TPS INDIC. ONLY)
Southern · EMU
Passenger
22:55arr2B46
VICTORIA (C) (TPS INDIC. ONLY) → EPSOM DOWNS
Southern · EMU
Passenger
22:59arr2J70
EAST CROYDON → CENTRAL
Southern · EMU
Passenger
23:04arr2J71
CENTRAL → EAST CROYDON
Southern · EMU
Passenger
23:12arr2B49
EPSOM DOWNS → VICTORIA (C) (TPS INDIC. ONLY)
Southern · EMU
Passenger
23:19arr2J95
CENTRAL → SELHURST
Southern · EMU
Passenger
23:25arr2B50
VICTORIA (C) (TPS INDIC. ONLY) → EPSOM DOWNS
Southern · EMU
Passenger
23:29arr2J72
EAST CROYDON → CENTRAL
Southern · EMU
Passenger

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06:15–07:158 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

07:15–08:158 trains

8 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday07:00–08:00

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySunday06:30–07:30

Most unusual—None booked this week

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

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	2.9	147	0	22:30–23:30
Sunday 18	2.4	78	0	06:30–07:30
Monday 19	3.4	216	0	07:00–08:00
Tuesday 20	3.2	217	0	07:00–08:00
Wednesday 21	3.2	217	0	07:00–08:00

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

147 trains are booked here today — 8% fewer than a typical Saturday (159).

Trains a day216typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour07:00on a weekday

Best dayTuesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 9.0 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 07:00, 08:00, 17:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday215 on average
Tuesday216 on average
Wednesday216 on average
Thursday216 on average
Friday216 on average
Saturday156 on average
Sunday109 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

EMU427 workings

Planned operators

Southern427 workings

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

SELHURST

SRS

1.1 km, straight lineOn this line

SELHURST T&RS MD M&EE NSC

XSH

1.3 km, straight line

NORWOOD JUNCTION

NWD

1.8 km, straight line

NORBURY

NRB

2 km, straight line

WEST CROYDON

WCY

2.3 km, straight line

EAST CROYDON

ECR

2.7 km, straight lineOn this line

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

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