| National train performance down by 1.3% on same period last year |
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Punctuality on the railways reached 91.5% during period 7, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain's train services covers the period from Sept 18 2011-Oct 15 2011. This compares to 92.8% for the same period last year. The moving annual average is now at 90.4%. Punctuality on the railways reached 91.5% during period 7, according to monthly performance data released today by Network Rail. The data for Britain's train services covers the period from Sept 18 2011-Oct 15 2011. This compares to 92.8% for the same period last year. The moving annual average is now at 90.4%.Period 7 of 2011/12 18 September 2011- 15 October 2011
PPM PPM is a % measure of passenger trains arriving ‘on time’ at their scheduled destination. For long distance trains ‘on time’ is within 10 minutes of the timetabled arrival time, for all others it is within 5 minutes. Heathrow Express, Grand Central, Hull Trains and Eurostar are not included in the National PPM. Moving annual average Note: The data contained within this report is for initial indications only and is subject to change in subsequent publications. East Coast's performance was hampered by a number of Network Rail infrastructure failures, including a signal failure at King's Cross on Sept 26, a fire on the Nene River bridge, Peterborough on Oct 2 and damage to overhead line equipment caused by trespass and vandalism between Loversall Carr Jcn and Retford on Oct 5 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. Network Rail and the train operators run more trains across Great Britain than are run in most European countries - almost 20% more than in France and 60% more than in Italy. Great Britain's 24,000 trains per-day is also more than Spain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Portugal and Norway combined.
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