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St Albans

Name: St Albans punctuality
Creator: Rail
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Trains at St Albans arrived on average 6 min late over the last 30 days, based on 221 timed arrivals out of 377 services; 48% 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.

48%
within 5 min, of 221: 6 min
late on average: 1
cancelled, of 377

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Next departures

Board as of 10:09 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.

Bedford
09:55 · Platform 4 · updated 10:0710:049 min late

Brighton
09:57 · Platform 3 · updated 10:0909:59Departed

Rainham (Kent)
10:01 · Platform 1 · updated 10:0910:01Departed

Sutton (London)
10:07 · Platform 2 · updated 10:0810:03Departed

Bedford
10:11 · Platform 4 (expected) · updated 10:0810:11On time

Three Bridges
10:13 · Platform 3 (expected) · updated 10:0810:13On time

Luton
10:16 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0810:16On time

Sutton (London)
10:22 · Platform 1 (expected) · updated 10:0810:22On time

All 36 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at St Albans arrived on average 6 min late over the last 30 days, based on 221 timed arrivals out of 377 services; 48% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were within 5 min and four in five were within 11 min. 1 service was cancelled (0.3%). The platform changed after being announced on 1% of 377 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 07:00–08:00 (26 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (6 min late on average).

Punctuality at St Albans, 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	377	377	377
Within 5 minutes	48% of 221	48% of 221	48% of 221
Average delay	6 min of 221	6 min of 221	6 min of 221
Half were within	5 min	5 min	5 min
Four in five were within	11 min	11 min	11 min
Cancelled	1 of 377	1 of 377	1 of 377
Cancelled at some stops	0	0	0
Platform changed	1% of 377	1% of 377	1% of 377
Busiest hour	07:00–08:00 (26)	07:00–08:00 (26)	07:00–08:00 (26)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (6 min)	14 September 2026 (6 min)	14 September 2026 (6 min)

Routes from here

St Albans to Sutton (London)66 services · 77% within 5 min of 48

Routes to here

Sutton (London) to St Albans63 services · 30% within 5 min of 50

Operators

Thameslink2,584 calls in the last 30 days
East Midlands Railway1,043 calls in the last 30 days
Other operator1 calls in the last 30 days

Nearby stations

St Albans Abbey1.2 km
Park Street2.7 km
How Wood3.7 km
Bricket Wood5.3 km
Radlett7.1 km
Harpenden7.5 km
Hatfield7.8 km
Garston7.9 km

About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: SAC
Coordinates: 51.7488, -0.3268

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.