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What's running through Welwyn Garden City today?

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

GoodInterest Score 6.3 / 10

7 unusual movements expected today, including Class 66 diesel locomotive.

631 trains605 passenger7 freight11 classes8 operators

The selected timetable contains 631 movements at Welwyn Garden City 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

631 booked timetable movements at this location on Saturday 17 October

At a glance

Most trains

09:00–10:0038 trains

38 passenger0 freight7 types

09:01pass1B81
LINCOLN → KING'S CROSS LONDON
LNER · Class 800 DMU
Passenger
09:01pass1B82
KING'S CROSS LONDON → LINCOLN
LNER · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:02dep2V19
WELWYN GARDEN CITY → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
09:04pass1Y78
NEWCASTLE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Lumo · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:06arr2C12
KING'S CROSS LONDON → CAMBRIDGE
Great Northern · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:06pass9J16
HORSHAM → PETERBOROUGH
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:07pass9S15
CAMBRIDGE → BRIGHTON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:09pass1T14
KING'S CROSS LONDON → CAMBRIDGE
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
09:11pass1A08
HARROGATE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
LNER · Class 800 DMU
Passenger
09:14pass1T13
CAMBRIDGE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
09:18pass1S09
KING'S CROSS LONDON → EDINBURGH
LNER · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:19arr2C17
CAMBRIDGE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
09:21arr2V14
MOORGATE → WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
09:21pass9S10
BRIGHTON → CAMBRIDGE
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:22pass9J17
PETERBOROUGH → HORSHAM
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:24pass1D08
KING'S CROSS LONDON → LEEDS
LNER · Class 91 electric locomotive
Passenger
09:25pass1Y06
NEWCASTLE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
LNER · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:28pass1E01
EDINBURGH → KING'S CROSS LONDON
LNER · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:32pass1A09
HULL → KING'S CROSS LONDON
LNER · Class 800 DMU
Passenger
09:32pass1H02
KING'S CROSS LONDON → HULL
Hull Trains · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:32dep2V21
WELWYN GARDEN CITY → MOORGATE
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
09:36arr2L14
KING'S CROSS LONDON → LETCHWORTH
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
09:36pass9J18
HORSHAM → PETERBOROUGH
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:36pass9S17
CAMBRIDGE → BRIGHTON
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:39pass1A10
SKIPTON → KING'S CROSS LONDON
LNER · Class 91 electric locomotive
Passenger
09:39pass1T16
KING'S CROSS LONDON → CAMBRIDGE
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
09:42pass1Y07
BERWICK-UPON-TWEED → KING'S CROSS LONDON
LNER · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:45pass1A59
BRADFORD INTERCHANGE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Grand Central · DMU
Passenger
09:45pass1S10
KING'S CROSS LONDON → EDINBURGH
LNER · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:48pass1N04
KING'S CROSS LONDON → NEWCASTLE
LNER · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:50pass1T15
CAMBRIDGE → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger
09:50arr2R19
LETCHWORTH → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Great Northern · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:51arr2V16
MOORGATE → WELWYN GARDEN CITY
Great Northern · Class 717 EMU
Passenger
09:51pass9S12
BRIGHTON → CAMBRIDGE
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:52pass9J19
PETERBOROUGH → HORSHAM
Thameslink · Class 700 EMU
Passenger
09:54pass1D09
KING'S CROSS LONDON → BRADFORD FORSTER SQUARE
LNER · Class 800 EMU
Passenger
09:56pass1A60
SUNDERLAND → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Grand Central · DMU
Passenger
09:58pass1P85
PETERBOROUGH → KING'S CROSS LONDON
Great Northern · Class 387 EMU
Passenger

Other windows

10:15–11:1538 trains

38 passenger0 freight6 types

12:00–13:0038 trains

37 passenger1 freight8 types

The week ahead

Best day overallMonday20:30–21:30

Best for freightMonday20:30–21:30

Best for varietySaturday12:45–13:45

Most unusualSunday15:00–16:00

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

Passenger
Freight
Other

Day	Score	Trains	Freight	Best hour
Saturday 17	6.3	631	7	12:45–13:45
Sunday 18	6.0	361	4	15:00–16:00
Monday 19	6.5	750	19	20:30–21:30
Tuesday 20	6.3	757	16	19:45–20:45
Wednesday 21	6.3	754	15	19:45–20:45

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

631 trains are booked here today — 7% more than a typical Saturday (591).

Trains a day771typical weekday

Freight3%24 movements

Busiest hour18:00on a weekday

Best dayTuesdaySaturday at weekends

Around 32.1 trains an hour on a typical weekday. The most dependable hours are 18:00, 19:00, 17:00 — something is booked then on virtually every day sampled.

Trains booked by day of week

Monday764 on average
Tuesday771 on average
Wednesday769 on average
Thursday770 on average
Friday770 on average
Saturday601 on average
Sunday392 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 Oct4E52
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Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
17 Oct1Y50
—
GB Railfreight · Class 86 electric locomotive
17 Oct3Q03
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct3J32
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct3J33
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct3J36
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
17 Oct3J37
—
GB Railfreight · Diesel-hauled
16 Oct6L02
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct4E52
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct4M52
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
16 Oct6L10
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
15 Oct6L02
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
15 Oct4E52
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
15 Oct4M52
—
Freightliner · Class 66 diesel locomotive
14 Oct5Q50
—
HST (InterCity 125)

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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KBW

7.5 km, straight line

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Hour	Weekday	of which freight	Weekend	of which freight
00:00	11	0	10	1
01:00	8	2	4	0
02:00	7	3	4	1
03:00	4	2	2	1
04:00	5	1	2	0
05:00	23	3	8	0
06:00	38	1	19	1
07:00	47	1	19	0
08:00	45	0	23	0
09:00	45	0	28	0
10:00	42	2	30	0
11:00	40	1	31	0
12:00	42	1	30	0
13:00	39	0	29	0
14:00	38	0	29	0
15:00	35	1	29	1
16:00	42	0	30	0
17:00	47	0	29	0
18:00	48	1	31	0
19:00	47	0	29	0
20:00	37	2	26	0
21:00	29	1	23	0
22:00	27	2	19	0
23:00	25	0	17	0

What's running through Welwyn Garden City today?

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

Uncommon in the timetable

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

Recent booked movements

The week ahead

What tends to happen here

Trains booked by day of week

What runs here

Most common train types

Planned operators

Uncommon in the timetable

Nearby places to spot trains