Detailed timetable
16:56 Gatwick Airport to Bedford
Wednesday 7 October 2026
Planned service information
- Power type
- Electric multiple unit
- Timing load / planned train type
- 700
- Maximum speed
- 100 mph
- Train class code
- B
- Reservation code
- S
- Operating characteristics
- D
| Location | Platform | Scheduled | Actual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrival | Departure | Arrival | Departure | Delay | ||
| Gatwick Airport | 1 | 16:56 | 16:56 | On time | ||
| Salfords (Surrey) | 1 | pass | 16:59½ | 16:59 | On time | |
| Earlswood (Surrey) | 1 | pass | 17:01 | 17:01 | On time | |
| Redhill | 2 | 17:04 | 17:06 | 17:05 | 17:06 | On time |
| Stoats Nest Junction | pass | 17:12½ | 17:14 | +2 min | ||
| Purley | 3 | 17:14 | 17:15 | 17:15 | 17:17 | +2 min |
| South Croydon | 3 | 17:18 | 17:19 | 17:20 | 17:21 | +2 min |
| East Croydon | 4 | 17:22 | 17:23 | 17:24 | 17:25 | +2 min |
| Windmill Bridge Junction | pass | 17:25½ | 17:26 | +1 min | ||
| Norwood Fork Junction | pass | 17:26½ | 17:28 | +2 min | ||
| Norwood Junction | 3 | pass | 17:27½ | 17:29 | +2 min | |
| Sydenham | pass | 17:30 | 17:31 | +1 min | ||
| New Cross Gate | 4 | pass | 17:33 | 17:35 | +2 min | |
| Bricklayers Arms Junction | pass | 17:34 | 17:36 | +2 min | ||
| Blue Anchor (Kent) | pass | 17:36 | 17:38 | +2 min | ||
| London Bridge | 5 | 17:39 | 17:41 | 17:40 | 17:41 | On time |
| Metropolitan Junction | pass | 17:42½ | 17:43 | +1 min | ||
| Blackfriars Junction | pass | 17:45 | 17:46 | |||
| London Blackfriars | 2 | 17:46 | 17:47 | 17:46 | 17:47 | On time |
| City Thameslink | 1 | 17:48 | 17:49 | 17:48 | 17:49 | On time |
| Farringdon (London) | 4 | 17:51 | 17:51 | 17:50 | 17:51 | On time |
| London St Pancras International LL | B | 17:55 | 17:56 | 17:54 | 17:56 | On time |
| Dock Junction North | pass | 17:58½ | 17:57 | -1 min | ||
| Kentish Town | 2 | pass | 18:00 | 17:59 | -1 min | |
| Carlton Road Junction | pass | 18:01½ | 18:00 | -1 min | ||
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 4 | pass | 18:03 | 18:02 | -1 min | |
| Cricklewood | 4 | pass | 18:04 | 18:03 | -1 min | |
| Hendon | 4 | pass | 18:05 | 18:05 | On time | |
| Radlett Junction | pass | 18:11½ | 18:13 | +2 min | ||
| St Albans City | 2 | 18:18 | 18:19 | 18:20 | 18:22 | +3 min |
| Harpenden Junction | pass | 18:25½ | 18:26 | +1 min | ||
| Harpenden | 2 | 18:27 | 18:27 | 18:27 | 18:28 | +1 min |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 2 | 18:32 | 18:33 | 18:33 | 18:34 | +1 min |
| Luton | 3 | 18:36 | 18:38 | 18:36 | 18:38 | On time |
| Leagrave | 2 | 18:41 | 18:42 | 18:41 | 18:42 | On time |
| Leagrave Junction | pass | 18:42½ | 18:42 | On time | ||
| Harlington (Beds) | 2 | 18:46 | 18:46 | 18:46 | 18:47 | +1 min |
| Flitwick | 2 | 18:50 | 18:51 | 18:50 | 18:51 | On time |
| Wixams | 2 | pass | 18:56½ | 18:56½ | ||
| Bedford South Junction | pass | 19:00 | 19:00 | On time | ||
| Bedford | 1 | 19:05 | 19:04 | -1 min | ||
Bold times are confirmed TRUST movement reports. Italic times are predictions based on the latest confirmed delay.