Freight

Where to see freight trains today

Freight keeps its own hours — often overnight and early morning. These are the locations with the most booked today, and the hour it actually peaks at each.

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Today at a glance

Freight booked1,818across tracked locations

BusiestBarking64 movements

Peak hour there04:306 in the hour

Locations62with freight today

Ranked by freight today

Barking64 freight (13%)

Peaks 04:30–05:30London & South East

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 60 diesel locomotive

Stratford63 freight (5%)

Peaks 05:45–06:45London & South East

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Class 60 diesel locomotive · Class 86 electric locomotive · Diesel-hauled

Bletchley59 freight (14%)

Peaks 14:00–15:00London & South East

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 86 electric locomotive · Class 92 electric locomotive

Rugby59 freight (18%)

Peaks 15:00–16:00West Midlands

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 86 electric locomotive

Stafford59 freight (15%)

Peaks 05:45–06:45West Midlands

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 86 electric locomotive · Class 92 electric locomotive

Tring57 freight (16%)

Peaks 13:45–14:45London & South East

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 86 electric locomotive · Class 92 electric locomotive

Watford Junction57 freight (14%)

Peaks 03:45–04:45London & South East

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 86 electric locomotive · Class 92 electric locomotive

Harrow & Wealdstone56 freight (16%)

Peaks 04:00–05:00London & South East

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 86 electric locomotive · Class 92 electric locomotive

Wembley Central56 freight (8%)

Peaks 04:00–05:00London & South East

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 86 electric locomotive · Class 92 electric locomotive

Milton Keynes Central55 freight (15%)

Peaks 14:00–15:00London & South East

Class 66 diesel locomotive · Diesel-hauled · Class 86 electric locomotive · Class 92 electric locomotive

By region

Regions are approximate geographic groupings from station coordinates — useful for finding somewhere near you, but not the same thing as a named line.

West Midlands

Rugby59 Stafford59 Birmingham International48

North West England

Warrington Bank Quay34 Carlisle25 Preston24 Manchester Piccadilly20 Crewe15

Yorkshire & the Humber

Doncaster37 Sheffield21 York16 Leeds12

East of England

Wales

Cardiff Central29

North East England

Elsewhere

Clapham Junction London6

East Midlands

South West England

Bristol Temple Meads2

Freight booked at the 100 tracked stations for this date. Regions are approximate geographic groupings derived from station coordinates — they are not routes, and two stations in one region needn't share any track.

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