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Salford Central

Trains at Salford Central arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 138 timed arrivals out of 175 services; 90% 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.

90%
within 5 min, of 138
2 min
late on average
0
cancelled, of 175

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Next departures

Board as of 10:10 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.

Blackburn
09:58 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0809:59Departed
Wigan Wallgate
09:58 · Platform 2 (expected) · Northern · updated 10:0809:59Departed
Rochdale
10:03 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0710:06On time
Southport
10:12 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0910:12On time
Blackburn
10:18 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0810:21On time
Leeds
10:30 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0910:30On time
Headbolt Lane
10:31 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0810:31On time
Rochdale
10:35 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0110:35On time

All 23 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Salford Central arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 138 timed arrivals out of 175 services; 90% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 2 min. No services were cancelled over the last 30 days. The platform changed after being announced on 0% of 167 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 08:00–09:00 (12 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (2 min late on average).

Punctuality at Salford Central, 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.
Measure7 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 202630 days14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026All time14 September 2026 – 14 September 2026
Services175175175
Within 5 minutes90% of 13890% of 13890% of 138
Average delay2 min of 1382 min of 1382 min of 138
Half were withinunder a minuteunder a minuteunder a minute
Four in five were within2 min2 min2 min
Cancelled0 of 1750 of 1750 of 175
Cancelled at some stops000
Platform changed0% of 1670% of 1670% of 167
Busiest hour08:00–09:00 (12)08:00–09:00 (12)08:00–09:00 (12)
Worst day14 September 2026 (2 min)14 September 2026 (2 min)14 September 2026 (2 min)

Routes from here

No route from here has 20 services yet.

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About this station

Country
Great Britain
CRS code
SFD
Coordinates
53.4829, -2.2547

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.