Reliability

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL2 (60 kb)

The degree of lateness of train arrivals is highest amongst long distance services with London and South Eastern services the most reliable.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL5 (71 kb)

There was a significant deterioration in train reliability following the Hatfield crash in October 2000. Since then, reliability has steadily improved and has now recovered to pre-Hatfield levels.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL5a (76 kb)

Train reliability is highly seasonal with a dip in performance every Autumn. However there has been an overall improving trend since the period immediately following Hatfield.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL9 (72 kb)

Less than 40% of delay minutes directly relate to the primary cause of delay.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL13 (100 kb)

Delay minutes have reduced from their post-Hatfield peak in 2001/02. Network Rail’s share of delay minutes has remained 50-60%. TOCs have delivered the greatest share of these improvements.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL14 (61 kb)

As the intensity of use of the network has increased, journey times have increased on some routes to improve reliability.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL14a (73 kb)

Timetables have responded at a time of increasing demand and improving reliability.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL16 (72 kb)

Intercity rail services are more punctual on average than domestic air services.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL17 (58 kb)

Short distance rail is perceived as being more reliable by users than non-users. Conversely, a higher proportion of users than non-users commented that long distance rail services are not reliable enough.

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24 July 2007

Delivering a Sustainable Railway: Summary of Key Research and Analysis - REL18 (73 kb)

Survey respondents stated that the reliability of road freight is deteriorating more quickly than for rail freight.

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24 July 2007