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Brighton

Name: Brighton punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at Brighton arrived on average 3 min late over the last 30 days, based on 413 timed arrivals out of 511 services; 78% were within 5 minutes.

Counted from 14 September 2026 to 14 September 2026, as of 14 September 2026. Facts from the rail feeds we archive; nothing on this page is a prediction. How we count.

78%
within 5 min, of 413: 3 min
late on average: 0
cancelled, of 511

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Next departures

Board as of 10:51 London time; each train shows when its last update arrived. Times are the feed's own; a platform is marked expected until the operator confirms it.

London Victoria
10:39 · Platform not yet known · updated 10:5110:39On time

Southampton Central
10:43 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:5010:43On time

Cambridge
10:44 · Platform not yet known · updated 10:5010:44On time

Eastbourne
10:56 · Platform 8 (expected) · updated 10:1010:56On time

Chichester
10:58 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:1310:58On time

Bedford
10:58 · Platform 5 (expected) · updated 10:3910:58On time

Seaford
11:06 · Platform 7 (expected) · updated 10:3811:06On time

London Victoria
11:09 · Platform 6 (expected) · updated 09:5411:09On time

All 31 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Brighton arrived on average 3 min late over the last 30 days, based on 413 timed arrivals out of 511 services; 78% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 5 min. 0 services were cancelled (0%) and 1 more was cancelled at some stops. The platform changed after being announced on 1% of 485 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 07:00–08:00 (31 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (3 min late on average).

Punctuality at Brighton, measured at this station against the public timetable. Rates show the sample they are counted from; “—” means no figure. Platform changes are counted over calls with a platform.
Measure	7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	30 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026	All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services	511	511	511
Within 5 minutes	78% of 413	78% of 413	78% of 413
Average delay	3 min of 413	3 min of 413	3 min of 413
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	5 min	5 min	5 min
Cancelled	0 of 511	0 of 511	0 of 511
Cancelled at some stops	1	1	1
Platform changed	1% of 485	1% of 485	1% of 485
Busiest hour	07:00–08:00 (31)	07:00–08:00 (31)	07:00–08:00 (31)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (3 min)	14 September 2026 (3 min)	14 September 2026 (3 min)

Routes from here

Brighton to Bedford38 services · 56% within 5 min of 34
Brighton to London Victoria37 services · 63% within 5 min of 32
Brighton to Seaford35 services · 87% within 5 min of 30
Brighton to Cambridge32 services · 27% within 5 min of 26
Brighton to Southampton Central32 services · 68% within 5 min of 25

Routes to here

Bedford to Brighton40 services · 75% within 5 min of 32
London Victoria to Brighton39 services · 52% within 5 min of 33
Seaford to Brighton37 services · 97% within 5 min of 30
Southampton Central to Brighton33 services · 67% within 5 min of 27
Cambridge to Brighton32 services · 37% within 5 min of 27

Operators

Southern1,738 calls in the last 30 days
Thameslink804 calls in the last 30 days
Gatwick Express399 calls in the last 30 days

Nearby stations

About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: BTN
Coordinates: 50.8297, -0.1412

Every figure on this page is a count over the feed messages we archive, measured at this station against the public timetable. See the leaderboards or every station in Great Britain.