Network Rail

National train performance for Period 13 is 93.4%
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date 12 April 2012
source Network Rail
type Press release

12/04/2012 10:00

Punctuality on the railways reached 93.4% during Period 13, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain's train services covers the period from 04 March 2012 - 31 March 2012. This compares to 92.9% for the same period last year. The moving annual average is now at 91.6%.

Period 13 of 2011/12: 04 March 2012 - 31 March 2012


Franchise Punctuality % P13, 2011/12 Punctuality % P13, 2010/11 Moving Annual Average (MAA) %

Arriva Trains Wales 95.2 93.5 94.2

c2c Rail 96.1 97.4 96.8

Chiltern 95.5 92.7 93.0

Crosscountry 92.4 90.2 89.6

East Coast 90.5 85.7 86.6

East Midlands Trains 96.0 94.5 93.6

First Capital Connect 91.5 92.7 90.0

First Great Western 92.1 93.0 90.6

First Scotrail 94.8 92.0 90.7

First Transpennine Express 96.0 94.3 93.3

Greater Anglia 91.8 92.0 90.9

London Midland 92.1 88.5 90.5

London Overground 96.5 96.7 96.6

Merseyrail 97.2 95.7 95.2

Northern Rail 93.7 93.6 91.8

Southeastern 94.3 93.3 91.8

Southern 91.2 92.2 90.0

South West Trains 92.7 94.6 92.3

Virgin Trains 91.9 90.6 85.9

National 93.4 92.9 91.6


Note to editors

This is the second best period 13 on record and is one of the very few times in recorded history when every train operator has achieved PPM above 90%

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



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Media Relations (National)
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