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Bristol Temple Meads

Name: Bristol Temple Meads punctuality
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Trains at Bristol Temple Meads arrived on average 5 min late over the last 30 days, based on 341 timed arrivals out of 538 services; 72% 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.

72%
within 5 min, of 341: 5 min
late on average: 14
cancelled, of 538

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Next departures

Board as of 10:58 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.

Plymouth
10:45 · Platform 10 (expected) · CrossCountry · updated 10:5010:45On time

Salisbury
10:45 · Platform 11 (expected) · Great Western Railway · updated 10:4610:45On time

Severn Beach
10:46 · Platform 4 (expected) · Great Western Railway · updated 10:5410:48On time

Exeter St Davids
10:55 · Platform 4 (expected) · Great Western Railway · updated 10:5710:55On time

Cardiff Central
10:57 · Platform 5 (expected) · Great Western Railway · updated 10:5810:57On time

London Paddington
11:00 · Platform 15 (expected) · Great Western Railway · updated 10:5811:00On time

Manchester Piccadilly
11:00 · Platform 6 (expected) · CrossCountry · updated 10:5811:00On time

Filton Abbey Wood
11:04 · Platform 1 (expected) · Great Western Railway · updated 10:5811:04On time

All 42 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Bristol Temple Meads arrived on average 5 min late over the last 30 days, based on 341 timed arrivals out of 538 services; 72% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were within 1 min and four in five were within 6 min. 14 services were cancelled (2.6%) and 4 more were cancelled at some stops. The platform changed after being announced on 2% of 514 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 08:00–09:00 (43 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (5 min late on average).

Punctuality at Bristol Temple Meads, 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	538	538	538
Within 5 minutes	72% of 341	72% of 341	72% of 341
Average delay	5 min of 341	5 min of 341	5 min of 341
Half were within	1 min	1 min	1 min
Four in five were within	6 min	6 min	6 min
Cancelled	14 of 538	14 of 538	14 of 538
Cancelled at some stops	4	4	4
Platform changed	2% of 514	2% of 514	2% of 514
Busiest hour	08:00–09:00 (43)	08:00–09:00 (43)	08:00–09:00 (43)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (5 min)	14 September 2026 (5 min)	14 September 2026 (5 min)

Routes from here

Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington26 services

Routes to here

London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads23 services

Operators

Great Western Railway2,902 calls in the last 30 days
CrossCountry660 calls in the last 30 days
LS3 calls in the last 30 days
Transport for Wales2 calls in the last 30 days

Nearby stations

About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: BRI
Coordinates: 51.4491, -2.5813

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.