NETWORK RAIL RESPONSE TO LATEST RAIL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

Friday 30 Sep 2005

NETWORK RAIL RESPONSE TO LATEST RAIL PERFORMANCE RESULTS

Region & Route:: National

Network Rail today welcomed the Office of Rail Regulation’s report on April-June 2005 (quarter 1) train performance that showed 87.5% of trains running on time. John Armitt, Chief Executive, said: “Train performance is steadily improving and we, and the train operators, are working hard to continue this trend. We have now delivered almost two years of consistence performance improvement but our task is far from done as we continue to push for further improvements.” Mr Armitt highlighted just one of the company’s initiatives to improve train performance: “We have set up joint improvement teams together with the train operators in every area of the country. They are working to deliver consistent levels of high performance throughout their regions. Individual problems are tackled and improvement plans put in place in a spirit of partnership and co-operation in an effort to deliver better services for passengers.”

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