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What's running through Tottenham Court Road El on 21 October 2026?

Explore booked passenger trains and freight at Tottenham Court Road El on 21 October 2026. Timetable entries show what is expected, not a record of trains observed. 21 October 2026

AverageInterest Score 4.7 / 10

4 unusual movements expected today, including Diesel-hauled.

670 trains664 passenger0 freight2 classes2 operators

The selected timetable contains 670 movements at Tottenham Court Road El on 21 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

670 booked timetable movements at this location on Wednesday 21 October

At a glance

Most trains

07:45–08:4548 trains

48 passenger0 freight1 types

07:46arr9H62
ABBEY WOOD EL → HEATHROW EXP 4
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:46arr9W44
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:48arr9U45
READING → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:48arr9Y63
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:51arr9R66
ABBEY WOOD EL → READING
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:51arr9W46
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:53arr9U47
HEATHROW EXP 4 → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:53arr9Y67
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:56arr9W48
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:56arr9Y68
ABBEY WOOD EL → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:58arr9T69
SHENFIELD → HEATHROW T5
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
07:58arr9U49
PADDINGTON EL → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:01arr9H70
ABBEY WOOD EL → HEATHROW EXP 4
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:01arr9W50
HEATHROW T5 → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:03arr9U51
MAIDENHEAD → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:03arr9Y71
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:06arr9R74
ABBEY WOOD EL → READING
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:06arr9W52
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:08arr9U53
HEATHROW EXP 4 → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:08arr9Y75
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:11arr9W54
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:11arr9Y76
ABBEY WOOD EL → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:13arr9U55
READING → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:13arr9Y77
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:16arr9H78
ABBEY WOOD EL → HEATHROW EXP 4
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:16arr9W56
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:18arr9U57
READING → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:18arr9Y79
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:21arr9R82
ABBEY WOOD EL → READING
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:21arr9W58
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:23arr9U59
HEATHROW EXP 4 → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:23arr9Y83
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:26arr9W60
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:26arr9Y84
ABBEY WOOD EL → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:28arr9T85
SHENFIELD → HEATHROW T5
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:28arr9U61
PADDINGTON EL → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:31arr9H86
ABBEY WOOD EL → HEATHROW EXP 4
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:31arr9W62
HEATHROW T5 → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:33arr9U63
MAIDENHEAD → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:33arr9Y87
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:36arr9R90
ABBEY WOOD EL → READING
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:36arr9W64
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:38arr9U65
HEATHROW EXP 4 → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:38arr9Y91
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:41arr9W66
PADDINGTON EL → SHENFIELD
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:41arr9Y92
ABBEY WOOD EL → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:43arr9U67
READING → ABBEY WOOD EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger
08:43arr9Y93
SHENFIELD → PADDINGTON EL
Elizabeth line · Class 345 EMU
Passenger

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17:00–18:0048 trains

48 passenger0 freight1 types

08:45–09:4544 trains

44 passenger0 freight1 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday23:00–00:00

Best for freight—None booked this week

Best for varietySaturday11:15–12:15

Most unusualMonday23:00–00:00

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

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Best hour
Saturday 17	4.3	656	11:15–12:15
Sunday 18	4.4	441	22:00–23:00
Monday 19	4.7	668	23:00–00:00
Tuesday 20	4.7	670	23:00–00:00
Wednesday 21	4.7	670	23:00–00:00

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

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

Trains a day669typical weekday

Freight0%0 movements

Busiest hour08:00on a weekday

Best dayWednesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 27.9 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 17:00, 18:00, 08:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday667 on average
Tuesday669 on average
Wednesday670 on average
Thursday670 on average
Friday669 on average
Saturday652 on average
Sunday441 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 345 EMU2,986 workings
Diesel-hauled11 workings

Planned operators

Elizabeth line2,986 workings
GB Railfreight11 workings

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 Oct6Y01
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GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct6Y03
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct6Q01
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct6Y02
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct6Y01
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct6Y03
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
15 Oct6Y02
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
14 Oct6Y01
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
14 Oct6Y03
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
14 Oct6Y02
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
13 Oct6Y01
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
13 Oct6Y03
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
13 Oct6Y02
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
12 Oct6Y01
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
12 Oct6Y03
—
GB Railfreight · 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.

Recent booked movements

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Hour	Weekday	Weekend
00:00	11	6
01:00	0	0
02:00	0	0
03:00	0	0
04:00	0	0
05:00	6	3
06:00	35	16
07:00	43	19
08:00	48	24
09:00	42	25
10:00	33	30
11:00	32	36
12:00	32	36
13:00	32	36
14:00	32	36
15:00	32	36
16:00	39	36
17:00	48	36
18:00	44	36
19:00	37	36
20:00	32	33
21:00	32	32
22:00	33	23
23:00	26	13

What's running through Tottenham Court Road El on 21 October 2026?

What's worth watching

At a glance

Most trains

Other windows

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

What runs here

Recent booked movements

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

Nearby places to spot trains

Keep a favourite railway in view.

Keep exploring

What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Recent booked movements

Nearby places to spot trains

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week