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Watford Junction

Name: Watford Junction punctuality
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Trains at Watford Junction arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 365 timed arrivals out of 624 services; 84% 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.

84%
within 5 min, of 365: 2 min
late on average: 2
cancelled, of 624

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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.

Heathrow Airport T3 (Bus)
09:56 · Platform not yet known · updated 05:5609:56On time

Milton Keynes Central
10:00 · Platform 8 (expected) · LNR & WMR · updated 10:0710:077 min late

London Euston
10:00 · Platform 3 (expected) · updated 10:0909:59Departed

London Euston
10:02 · Platform 9 (expected) · updated 10:0810:02On time

Tring
10:13 · Platform 8 (expected) · LNR & WMR · updated 10:1010:15On time

London Euston
10:15 · Platform 2 (expected) · updated 10:0810:15On time

London Euston
10:16 · Platform 9 (expected) · updated 10:0710:16On time

Milton Keynes Central
10:30 · Platform 8 (expected) · LNR & WMR · updated 10:0910:30On time

All 42 departures in the next two hours

Punctuality

How trains here have run

Trains at Watford Junction arrived on average 2 min late over the last 30 days, based on 365 timed arrivals out of 624 services; 84% were within 5 minutes. Half of them were on time and four in five were within 4 min. 2 services were cancelled (0.3%). The platform changed after being announced on 1% of 460 calls with a platform. The busiest hour is 08:00–09:00 (39 services); the worst day was Monday 14 September 2026 (2 min late on average).

Punctuality at Watford Junction, 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	624	624	624
Within 5 minutes	84% of 365	84% of 365	84% of 365
Average delay	2 min of 365	2 min of 365	2 min of 365
Half were within	under a minute	under a minute	under a minute
Four in five were within	4 min	4 min	4 min
Cancelled	2 of 624	2 of 624	2 of 624
Cancelled at some stops	0	0	0
Platform changed	1% of 460	1% of 460	1% of 460
Busiest hour	08:00–09:00 (39)	08:00–09:00 (39)	08:00–09:00 (39)
Worst day	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)	14 September 2026 (2 min)

Routes from here

Watford Junction to London Euston74 services · 100% within 5 min of 61
Watford Junction to Heathrow Airport T3 (Bus)20 services

Routes to here

London Euston to Watford Junction142 services · 97% within 5 min of 64
Heathrow Airport T2 (Bus) to Watford Junction20 services
St Albans Abbey to Watford Junction20 services

Operators

Avanti West Coast1,786 calls in the last 30 days
West Midlands Railway1,760 calls in the last 30 days
London Overground958 calls in the last 30 days
Southern193 calls in the last 30 days
Lumo Stirling50 calls in the last 30 days
Caledonian Sleeper31 calls in the last 30 days
WR9 calls in the last 30 days
LS1 calls in the last 30 days

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About this station

Country: Great Britain
CRS code: WFJ
Coordinates: 51.6635, -0.3965

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.