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ATOC
Latest figures show that more than eight out of 10 trains ran without delay
13/02/2013Responding to the latest rail Period 11 performance figures, a spokesperson for the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC) said:
“These latest figures show that more than eight out of 10 trains ran without delay during the recent bad weather thanks to the hard work of rail staff to keep trains moving and get people to where they want to go.
"But we understand passengers’ frustration when trains are delayed, which is why operators are committed to improving punctuality and providing passengers with the service they expect and deserve.”
Network Rail
National train performance for period 11 is 87.3%
Wednesday 13 Feb 2013
Punctuality on the railways reached 87.3% during Period 11, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail.
The data for Britain's train services covers the period from 06 January 2013 - 02 February 2013. This compares to 91.4% for the same period last year. The moving annual average is now at 91.1%
| Franchise |
Punctuality %
Period 11, 2012/13 |
Punctuality %
Period 11, 2011/12 |
Moving annual
average (MAA) |
| Arriva Trains Wales |
91.5
|
94.7
|
93.3
|
| c2c Rail |
95.9
|
97.4
|
97.4
|
| Chiltern |
92.9
|
93.4
|
94.7
|
| Crosscountry |
81.7
|
90.0
|
87.2
|
| East Coast |
71.4
|
88.2
|
85.2
|
| East Midlands Trains |
90.1
|
93.2
|
92.9
|
| First Capital Connect |
81.1
|
87.6
|
89.0
|
| First Great Western |
87.9
|
91.7
|
89.2
|
| First Scotrail |
92.7
|
92.2
|
93.1
|
| First Transpennine Express |
88.8
|
93.2
|
92.4
|
| Greater Anglia |
86.3
|
90.7
|
91.9
|
| London Midland |
79.8
|
90.0
|
86.9
|
| London Overground |
94.5
|
96.6
|
96.6
|
| Merseyrail |
95.2
|
93.4
|
95.5
|
| Northern Rail |
89.2
|
93.1
|
91.1
|
| Southeastern |
85.0
|
91.8
|
91.1
|
| Southern |
81.8
|
86.7
|
88.3
|
| South West Trains |
88.3
|
91.6
|
91.4
|
| Virgin Trains |
72.0
|
85.7
|
84.7
|
| Total National Performance |
87.3
|
91.4
|
91.1
|
Notes:
- Services were again impacted this period by severe weather
- Arrived on time - the measure of train punctuality also known as PPM (public performance measure) means trains arriving at their destinations within five minutes for commuter services and within 10 minutes for long distance services. This measure of punctuality is commonly used throughout Europe
- National train punctuality is measured for all trains across the whole network, including cancelled services and delays caused by external factors (such as vandalism, extreme weather, suicides etc). Punctuality did not start to be recorded in this vigorous and thorough way until 1997. Before then Railtrack, and BR before, did not measure all services and also excluded external factors and other items from their numbers
- These figures represent provisional data for the period and individual operators' performance data may vary slightly from the full period performance report that Network Rail publishes on its website every month
- Network Rail and the train operators run more trains across Great Britain than are run in most European countries - almost 20% more than in France and 60% more than in Italy. Great Britain's 24,000 trains per-day is also more than Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Norway combined
- Right time train performance data (% of trains arriving within 59 seconds of schedule) both for period 10 and for the year to the end of period 10 are also available by using this link http://www.networkrail.co.uk/about/performance
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