NETWORK RAIL RESPONDS TO ORR REPORT ON NETWORK RAIL PERFORMANCE

Wednesday 6 Jun 2007

NETWORK RAIL RESPONDS TO ORR REPORT ON NETWORK RAIL PERFORMANCE

Region & Route:: National

Commenting on the ORR's report out today concerning Network Rail's performance, John Armitt, Chief Executive said: "The important thing to remember is that train performance continues to improve, almost 90% of train services are now running on time and delays caused by the infrastructure continue to be reduced - 7% down on last year. "We will not let up our drive for continuing improvements and we will maintain a close working relationship with train operators to help deliver a better service for passengers and freight users."

Notes to editors

Predictable weather events last year were managed well, such as autumn, where delays due to 'leaves on the line' were reduced by 27% compared to last year. However the extreme gales on January 18th caused over a weeks worth of disruption in just one day (1/4 million minutes) with over 1,000 trees and other debris being blown onto railway lines across the country - it was an extreme on-off event

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