Monday 13 Jun 2011
NATIONAL TRAIN PERFORMANCE FOR MAY 2011 IS 93.7%
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Punctuality on the railways reached 93.7% during May, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain’s train services covers the period from May 1-28. This compares 93.7% for the same period last year. The moving annual average is now at 90.8%.
Period 2 of 2011/12 – May 1-28 2011
Franchise | Punctuality % P2, 2011/12 | Punctuality % P2, 2010/11 | Moving Annual Average (MAA) % |
Arriva Trains Wales | 95.4 | 95.0 | 93.7 |
c2c Rail | 97.5 | 95.8 | 94.8 |
Chiltern | 94.9 | 95.4 | 93.8 |
Crosscountry | 92.2 | 91.3 | 88.1 |
East Coast | 85.9 | 88.8 | 83.1 |
East Midlands Trains | 94.5 | 93.6 | 92.0 |
First Capital Connect | 92.6 | 93.7 | 89.2 |
First Great Western | 92.0 | 93.8 | 90.0 |
First Scotrail | 90.1 | 94.8 | 89.6 |
First Transpennine Express | 95.4 | 94.0 | 91.0 |
London Midland | 94.1 | 91.6 | 89.7 |
London Overground | 96.2 | 95.1 | 95.0 |
Merseyrail | 97.4 | 96.8 | 95.0 |
National Express East Anglia | 93.2 | 93.0 | 90.2 |
Northern Rail | 93.9 | 93.7 | 90.7 |
Southeastern | 94.3 | 91.4 | 89.1 |
Southern | 93.9 | 93.6 | 89.4 |
South West Trains | 95.3 | 95.8 | 93.4 |
Virgin Trains | 89.6 | 89.0 | 86.3 |
National | 93.7 | 93.7 | 90.8 |
PPM
PPM is a % measure of passenger trains arriving ‘on time’ at their scheduled destination. For long distance trains ‘on time’ is within 10 minutes of the timetabled arrival time, for all others it is within 5 minutes.
Heathrow Express, Grand Central, Hull Trains and Eurostar are not included in the National PPM.
MAA
Moving annual average
Note: The data contained within this report is for initial indications only and is subject to change in subsequent publications |
Top 5 Network Rail responsible incidents in the period (by delay)
Date | Route | Description | Location | Trains cancelled | Delay mins |
May 9 | Western | Signal failure | Reading to Twyford | 139 | 5,967 |
May 28 | LNE | Power failure caused by overhead wires down | Stoke jn to Tallington jn | 101 | 4,698 |
May 2 | LNE | Signal failure caused by cable theft | Thorne jn to Scunthorpe | 35 | 3,773 |
May 13 | Anglia | Signal failure caused by cable theft | Chelmsford to Witham | 60 | 3,650 |
May 27 | LNW | Cows on line | Nuneaton to Rugby | 15 | 3,267 |
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