Punctuality

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Comment: The path to a railway that “serves passengers better”

Passengers can expect a boost in rail punctuality from 2026 - but not necessarily because more trains are running on time. Philip Haigh explains why.

Phil Haigh 17 Jan

Rail North Committee members expressed sympathy for Northern‘s circumstances, despite it having a worse record on cancellations than some of its fellow operators. Northern 331004 stands at Wakefield Westgate on May 8 with the 0826 Doncaster-Leeds. TOM MCATEE.

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Opinion: Holding operators to account for poor punctuality

Who guards the guards is an ancient question brought into current focus by the new government’s policy of nationalising English train operators.

Phil Haigh 20 Aug

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R980 - Pay deal a positive result

Punctuality and reliability now key to rail’s recovery

Phil Haigh 6 Apr

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GA registers its best autumn yet

Despite difficult autumnal weather conditions, Greater Anglia maintained a high punctuality score of 94.48% from September 19 2021-January 8 2022

21 Mar

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Greater Anglia promises punctuality drive as performance improves

Jamie Burles vows improved performance as Greater Anglia and Network Rail analyse every single delay minute

9 Mar

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London and South East drives punctuality improvement

GTR records highest Q4 punctuality figure for four years as operators in London and the South East help improve national punctuality in January-March 2018

4 Jun

Southern 377118 and 377446 at Clapham Junction on January 3 2014. RICHARD CLINNICK.

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Cancellations “worst since records began”

Nearly 3 in 10 GTR services failed to reach their destination on time between June 26 and July 23, according to figures from the ORR.

19 Sept

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Train punctuality falls to lowest level for nine years

Punctuality on Britain’s railways in 2015-16 fell to its lowest annual level since 2006-07, according to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).

16 May

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New train punctuality app launched

‘It’s My Journey’ app allows passengers to find out how punctual their trains are

22 Oct

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TfL Rail enjoys punctuality boost

TfL Rail challenging c2c for the title of Britain’s most punctual train operator

9 Sept

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CBT tells operators: train punctuality must improve

The drop in train punctuality between May 31 and June 27 has been criticised by the Campaign for Better Transport

10 Aug

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c2c named UK's most reliable operator

Public Performance Measure figures released on November 17 put c2c top of the pile

17 Nov