NATIONAL TRAIN PERFORMANCE FOR PERIOD 5 IS 92% (Network Rail) 31st August 2012

Punctuality on the railways reached 92% during Period 5, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain's train services covers the period from 22 July 2012 - 18 August 2012. This compares to 92.3% for the same period last year. The moving annual average is now at 91.6%.

Period 5 of 2012/13: 22 July 2012 - 18 August 2012

Franchise		Punctuality %	Punctuality %	Moving Annual
		P5, 2012/13	P5, 2011/12	Average (MAA) %
Arriva Trains Wales		86.2	92.3		93.7
c2c Rail		97.4	97.1		97.1
Chiltern		93.9	93.2		93.0
Crosscountry		88.1	91.5		88.7
East Coast		89.1	89.4		86.9
East Midlands Trains		93.2	94.4		93.2
First Capital Connect		91.1	92.3		89.5
First Great Western		87.4	91.4		90.4
First Scotrail		94.7	91.1		91.7
First Transpennine Express		93.5	93.5		93.1
Greater Anglia		91.9	91.6		91.2
London Midland		89.7	93.0		89.7
London Overground		97.1	96.2		96.5
Merseyrail		96.7	95.7		95.3
Northern Rail		91.5	92.4		91.7
Southeastern		94.0	93.4		91.7
Southern		90.3	89.0		89.7
South West Trains		92.9	93.6		92.0
Virgin Trains		88.9	89.1		85.5
National		92.0	92.3	91.6

Notes:

• Arriva Trains Wales services were impacted during the month by a landslip that affected services on the busy Cardiff Valley Lines
• 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. Heathrow Express, Grand Central, Hull Trains and Eurostar are not included in the National PPM
• 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 it, 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
• Right time train performance data for the year to the end of period 5 is also available by using this link http://www.networkrail.co.uk/about/performance/