3,910 buses on England’s roads right now

753

trains running across Great Britain right now

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

How today’s going

Happening now

Bus. 197 Fairfield Halls to Park Lane / Fairfield Halls
Set off · Transport for London
05:37
Train. 04:33 Gravesend to London Charing Cross
Arrived on time · Southeastern
05:37
Bus. N253 Aldgate Station to St Giles High Street
Arrived on time · Transport for London
05:27
Bus. 309 Canning Town Bus Station to Bonner Road
Set off · Transport for London
05:37
Train. 05:20 Oxford to Didcot Parkway
Arrived on time · GWR
05:37
Bus. 14 Birmingham Old Square to Chelmsley Wood Chelmsley Interchange
Arrived on time · National Express West Midlands
05:31
Train. 04:05 Northampton to London Euston
Arrived on time · West Midlands Railway
05:37
Bus. N171 Springbank Road / Hither Green Station to New Cross
Set off · Transport for London
05:36
Bus. N1 Birkenhead opp Burlington Street to Liverpool ONE Bus Station
Arrived on time · Stagecoach Merseyside and South Lancashire
05:22
Bus. 200 Mitcham Fair Green to Lambton Road
Set off · Transport for London
05:36

In the last minute

Trains arrived: 4
Trains cancelled: 0
Trains part-cancelled: 0
Buses set off: 28
Buses arrived: 32
New disruptions: 0

Trains

83%

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

On time19383%
Late188%By 5 to 9 minutes 8 · 10 to 19 8 · 20 or more 2
Part-cancelled31%
Cancelled198%

233 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	15	1	0	1	4
04:00	104	35	2	1	2	64
05:00	335	14	0	0	11	310

Why trains were late or cancelled

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

Track faults8
2 late, 1 part-cancelled, 5 cancelled. 23% of the trains with a reason given. Most often engineering works not being finished on time (6), a speed restriction (1), a points failure (1).
Trains breaking down7
1 late, 6 cancelled. 20% of the trains with a reason given. Most often a fault on this train (3), more trains than usual needing repairs at the same time (2), a fault on a train (2).
Not enough crew5
1 part-cancelled, 4 cancelled. 14% of the trains with a reason given. Most often a shortage of train crew (3), a shortage of train drivers (1), a member of train crew being unavailable (1).
Power supply faults5
3 late, 2 cancelled. 14% of the trains with a reason given. Most often failure of the electricity supply (5).
Knock-on delays5
5 late. 14% 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 (1), congestion (1).
Passengers needing help2
2 late. 6% 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. 3% of the trains with a reason given. Most often police dealing with an incident (1).
People on the line1
1 late. 3% of the trains with a reason given. Most often trespassers on the railway (1).
Crime and security alerts1
1 late. 3% 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 5 of the 40 late or cancelled trains.

By train company

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

London Overground100% on time52 trains
On time 100% (52) · Late 0% (0) · Part-cancelled 0% (0) · Cancelled 0% (0)

30 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 21,401 trains.Today so far: 83% on time, 8% late, 1% part-cancelled, 8% cancelled, of 233 trains.

Buses

75%

of the bus trips counted so far today were on time. About usual for the last 5 days (a typical day was 74%).

On time4,51375%
Late1,49425%By 5 to 9 minutes 963 · 10 to 19 436 · 20 or more 95

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	1
02:00	695	503	192	10
03:00	707	516	191	19
04:00	1,062	868	194	450
05:00	213	205	8	3,093

By bus company

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

Transport for London74% on time4,470 trips
On time 74% (3,311) · Late 26% (1,159)
Bee Network72% on time252 trips
On time 72% (182) · Late 28% (70)
First Bristol, Bath & the West77% on time187 trips
On time 77% (144) · Late 23% (43)
National Express West Midlands87% on time164 trips
On time 87% (143) · Late 13% (21)
Stagecoach Oxfordshire52% on time81 trips
On time 52% (42) · Late 48% (39)
Stagecoach West78% on time60 trips
On time 78% (47) · Late 22% (13)

And 63 more companies: 81% on time across 793 trips.

Disruption notices

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

282

notices in force now. 5 started today.

Notices in force through the day: 285 at the first reading, and 282 now.

Started today, by reason

Accidents3
Flooding2

Most came from Bee Network (5).

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: 75% on time, 25% late, of 6,007 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 05:37. Timetable numbers updated at 05:00.