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London Kings Cross

Name: London Kings Cross punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at London Kings Cross arrived on average 3 min late over the last 30 days, based on 336 timed arrivals out of 552 services; 77% 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.

77%
within 5 min, of 336: 3 min
late on average: 1
cancelled, of 552

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Next departures

Board as of 10:46 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.

Newcastle
10:33 · Platform 0A (expected) · LNER · updated 10:4610:33On time

Cambridge
10:36 · Platform not yet known · Great Northern · updated 10:3710:36On time

Harrogate
10:40 · Platform not yet known · LNER · updated 10:4110:40On time

Hull
10:44 · Platform not yet known · Hull Trains · updated 10:4610:44Cancelled

Lincoln Central
10:47 · Platform 0R (expected) · LNER · updated 10:4610:47On time

Kings Lynn
10:54 · Platform not yet known · Great Northern · updated 10:4610:54On time

Sunderland
11:00 · Platform not yet known · Grand Central · updated 10:4611:00On time

Edinburgh Waverley
11:03 · Platform not yet known · LNER · updated 10:4611:03On time

All 28 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at London Kings Cross arrived on average 3 min late over the last 30 days, based on 336 timed arrivals out of 552 services; 77% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 5 min. 1 service was cancelled (0.2%) and 3 more were cancelled at some stops. The platform changed after being announced on 1% of 422 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 13:00–14:00 (34 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (3 min late on average).

Punctuality at London Kings Cross, 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	552	552	552
Within 5 minutes	77% of 336	77% of 336	77% of 336
Average delay	3 min of 336	3 min of 336	3 min of 336
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	5 min	5 min	5 min
Cancelled	1 of 552	1 of 552	1 of 552
Cancelled at some stops	3	3	3
Platform changed	1% of 422	1% of 422	1% of 422
Busiest hour	13:00–14:00 (34)	13:00–14:00 (34)	13:00–14:00 (34)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (3 min)	14 September 2026 (3 min)	14 September 2026 (3 min)

Routes from here

London Kings Cross to Cambridge37 services · 68% within 5 min of 25
London Kings Cross to Leeds37 services
London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley36 services · 86% within 5 min of 22
London Kings Cross to Newcastle31 services
London Kings Cross to Kings Lynn27 services · 38% within 5 min of 21

Routes to here

Edinburgh Waverley to London Kings Cross46 services · 58% within 5 min of 24
Leeds to London Kings Cross43 services
Cambridge to London Kings Cross31 services · 63% within 5 min of 27
Kings Lynn to London Kings Cross27 services · 29% within 5 min of 21

Operators

LNER1,520 calls in the last 30 days
Great Northern1,258 calls in the last 30 days
Grand Central148 calls in the last 30 days
Lumo109 calls in the last 30 days
Hull Trains101 calls in the last 30 days
Thameslink95 calls in the last 30 days

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About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: KGX
Coordinates: 51.5308, -0.1229

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.