6,420 buses on England’s roads right now

1,261

trains running across Great Britain right now

Each dot is six minutes of today: the bigger, the busier.

How today’s going

Happening now

Train. 05:32 Manchester Airport to Liverpool Lime Street
Missed some stops · Northern
06:24
Bus. 450 Bell Green / Sainsbury's to Bell Green / Sainsbury's
Set off · Transport for London
06:23
Train. 05:35 Dartford to London Charing Cross
Arrived on time · Southeastern
06:23
Bus. H30 Heathrow Terminal 4 to Heathrow Terminal 5
Arrived on time · Diamond Bus South East
06:20
Train. 05:50 Manchester Piccadilly to Manchester Airport
Arrived 12 min late · TransPennine Express
06:23
Bus. 14 Birmingham Old Square to Chelmsley Wood Chelmsley Interchange
Set off · National Express West Midlands
06:22
Train. 05:46 Barnehurst to London Cannon Street
Arrived on time · Southeastern
06:23
Bus. 1A Somerford Sainsbury s to Westover Road
Arrived on time · morebus
06:21
Train. 03:42 Bedford to Brighton
Missed some stops · Thameslink
06:23
Bus. 63 Frankley Arden Walk to Digbeth Moor Street Queensway
Set off · National Express West Midlands
06:22

In the last minute

Trains arrived: 9
Trains cancelled: 0
Trains part-cancelled: 1
Buses set off: 66
Buses arrived: 88
New disruptions: 0

Trains

85%

of the trains counted so far today were on time. Better than a typical day in the last 5 days (76%).

On time41285%
Late286%By 5 to 9 minutes 16 · 10 to 19 9 · 20 or more 3
Part-cancelled82%
Cancelled347%

482 counted so far today.

Through the day

Now

Hour by hour

Booked to leave	Trains	On time	Late	Part-cancelled	Cancelled	Still counting
00:00	113	93	14	2	4	–
01:00	25	24	1	0	0	–
02:00	13	12	0	0	1	–
03:00	21	17	1	0	1	2
04:00	104	54	5	5	2	38
05:00	680	197	7	1	17	458
06:00	515	15	0	0	9	491

Why trains were late or cancelled

The reasons given, in groups. Tap one for the reasons inside it.

Track faults19
7 late, 3 part-cancelled, 9 cancelled. 31% of the trains with a reason given. Most often engineering works not being finished on time (13), a safety inspection of the track (2), a speed restriction (2).
Not enough crew12
2 part-cancelled, 10 cancelled. 20% of the trains with a reason given. Most often a member of train crew being unavailable (4), a shortage of train crew (4), a shortage of train drivers (2).
Trains breaking down11
2 late, 9 cancelled. 18% of the trains with a reason given. Most often a fault on this train (4), more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time (3), a fault on a train (2).
Power supply faults8
3 late, 1 part-cancelled, 4 cancelled. 13% of the trains with a reason given. Most often failure of the electricity supply (8).
Knock-on delays6
6 late. 10% of the trains with a reason given. Most often a problem currently under investigation (3), a late running train being in front of this one (2), congestion (1).
Passengers needing help2
2 late. 3% of the trains with a reason given. Most often a passenger being taken ill on this train (2).

All 9 reasons

Things outside the railway1
1 cancelled. 2% of the trains with a reason given. Most often police dealing with an incident (1).
People on the line1
1 late. 2% of the trains with a reason given. Most often trespassers on the railway (1).
Crime and security alerts1
1 late. 2% of the trains with a reason given. Most often passengers causing a disturbance earlier in this train's journey (1).

No reason was given for 9 of the 70 late or cancelled trains.

By train company

Largest first. Each one’s trains counted so far today.

London Overground100% on time70 trains
On time 100% (70) · Late 0% (0) · Part-cancelled 0% (0) · Cancelled 0% (0)
South Western Railway66% on time59 trains
On time 66% (39) · Late 19% (11) · Part-cancelled 3% (2) · Cancelled 12% (7)

29 smaller companies aren’t shown, with fewer than 50 trains counted.

The last four weeks

Higher than any day in the last 5 days. A typical day was 76%.

Mon 26 Oct: 63% on time, 26% late, 10% part-cancelled, 1% cancelled, of 1,074 trains.Tue 27 Oct: 71% on time, 18% late, 7% part-cancelled, 4% cancelled, of 21,489 trains.Wed 28 Oct: 76% on time, 16% late, 5% part-cancelled, 3% cancelled, of 21,228 trains.Thu 29 Oct: 78% on time, 15% late, 5% part-cancelled, 2% cancelled, of 21,139 trains.Fri 30 Oct: 77% on time, 15% late, 6% part-cancelled, 2% cancelled, of 21,402 trains.Today so far: 85% on time, 6% late, 2% part-cancelled, 7% cancelled, of 482 trains.

Buses

79%

of the bus trips counted so far today were on time. Better than a typical day in the last 5 days (74%).

On time7,04479%
Late1,87521%By 5 to 9 minutes 1,256 · 10 to 19 515 · 20 or more 104

Through the day

Now

Hour by hour

Booked to leave	Trips	On time	Late	Still counting
00:00	2,407	1,774	633	–
01:00	923	647	276	–
02:00	695	503	192	3
03:00	710	516	194	12
04:00	1,395	1,106	289	38
05:00	2,730	2,440	290	1,844
06:00	59	58	1	4,029

By bus company

The biggest, largest first. Each one’s trips counted today.

Transport for London77% on time6,273 trips
On time 77% (4,824) · Late 23% (1,449)
Bee Network76% on time344 trips
On time 76% (262) · Late 24% (82)
National Express West Midlands89% on time331 trips
On time 89% (295) · Late 11% (36)
First Bristol, Bath & the West79% on time237 trips
On time 79% (187) · Late 21% (50)
Stagecoach Oxfordshire57% on time91 trips
On time 57% (52) · Late 43% (39)
Stagecoach South89% on time88 trips
On time 89% (78) · Late 11% (10)

And 82 more companies: 87% on time across 1,555 trips.

Disruption notices

What bus companies have told us about: roadworks, events, closed roads.

276

notices in force now. 7 started today.

Notices in force through the day: 285 at the first reading, and 276 now.

Started today, by reason

Accidents3
Flooding2
Other2
incident

Most came from Bee Network (5) and Metrolink (2).

The last four weeks

Each day’s trips, on time above the line, late below. Tap a day for its figures.

Mon 26 Oct: 92% on time, 8% late, of 1,223 trips.Tue 27 Oct: 74% on time, 26% late, of 240,993 trips.Wed 28 Oct: 74% on time, 26% late, of 246,039 trips.Thu 29 Oct: 74% on time, 26% late, of 253,612 trips.Fri 30 Oct: 68% on time, 32% late, of 239,508 trips.Today so far: 79% on time, 21% late, of 8,919 trips.

Yesterday, Friday 30 October

26,000 buses went out on England’s roads.

At the busiest moment, 21,386 were out at once: nearly five in six of them.

21,386

Each line is twoeight minutes of yesterday, as tall as the number of buses out on the road. The amber mark is the busiest moment.

153.63 million times a bus told us where it was.

That’s 1,778 every second, all day and all night.

Each line is twoeight minutes of yesterday, as tall as the positions the buses sent in it.

2.28 million live updates about trains: where they are, delays and platforms.

That’s 26 every second.

Each line is twoeight minutes of yesterday, as tall as the updates the trains sent in it.

Buses in England

309,356

bus stops in active service (shown as dots).

Visit one a day and you’d finish in the year 2873.

A map of England drawn in 309,355 purple dots, one for every bus stop with a timetable. The dots crowd into bright patches where stops are thickest, and thin out between.

338,482

bus journeys timetabled to run today.

More than 3 setting off every second, on average.

68.6 million

timed stops across the 1.8 million journeys in the whole timetable: 39 on an average journey.

A clock face of today made from 338,482 purple lines, one for each bus journey, each drawn out from the middle at the time it sets off and as long as the journey takes.

7,962

bus routes running today.

Nearly three in five come once an hour or less, even at their busiest.

442

companies running buses today, sized by how many they run.

The eight biggest, in the middle, run nearly three in ten of today’s journeys.

Trains across Great Britain

Great Britain’s railway drawn as amber lines, with 3,097 white dots, one for every station.

3,694

railway stations (shown as white dots).

Visit one a day and it would take just over 10 years.

29,057

junctions on the railway’s own map, where one line meets another.

22,567

trains timetabled to run today, passenger and freight.

One every 4 seconds, on average, round the clock. 31 companies run passenger trains today.

8.1 million

stations and points listed in 444,808 train timetables: 18 on an average one.

Who runs the most today

Bus companies, by journeys today

1Go Ahead London23,851
2Metroline Travel16,458
3Stagecoach London14,677
4National Express West Midlands12,467
5Transport UK10,682
6London United8,019
7Arriva London North7,386
8Stagecoach East Midlands5,480

And 434 more companies, with 239,462 journeys between them.

Train companies, by passenger trains today

1Northern2,722
2ScotRail2,232
3South Western Railway1,779
4London Overground1,737
5GWR1,604
6Southern1,576
7Southeastern1,516
8Greater Anglia1,278

And 23 more companies, with 8,123 trains between them.

Data sources

NaPTAN, BODS, TfGM and Network Rail Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
TfWM Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0. Powered by TfWM part of West Midlands Combined Authority Open Data.
National Rail Enquiries Live train times: Powered by National Rail Enquiries.

Live numbers updated at 06:24. Timetable numbers updated at 06:00.