TRAIN
PERFORMANCE GETTING BETTER BUT SOUTH WEST STILL THE WORST
The
latest official figures published recently show an improvement
from the dismal performance of local train services at the
end of last year with Silver Link performing relatively well
but South West Trains still bottom of the punctuality league.
As
a result of the failure to meet the terms of its franchise
South West has been fined over £10 million pounds so
far this year, more than any other network
The
SRA did praise South West Trains for a "significant improvement"
in train and platform information.
SRA
Chief Operating Officer, Nick Newton said: "We have a massive
challenge to stabilise and increase performance levels across
the network. The industry must continue to commit itself to
improving performance for passengers."
South
West Trains will be raising fares between 2.5% and 3.5% on
January 4th.
Passenger
Rail Performance
Percentage
of trains arriving on time
Oct-Dec
2001
Jan-
Mar
2002
Apr-Jun
2002
Jul-Sep
2002
Year
to Sept 2002
London
and South East All Day
Great
Eastern Railway
80.5
91.3
90.6
89.6
88.0
Chiltern
Railways
74.3
89.6
89.8
88.0
89.5
Silverlink
80.8
86.5
86.0
85.5
84.7
c2c
74.3
88.9
88.1
84.4
84.5
Thames
Trains
76.8
84.5
84.1
79.9
81.3
Connex
South Eastern
67.7
84.0
84.7
84.1
80.1
Connex
South Central
67.7
81.1
84.8
81.7
78.7
WAGN
65.3
75.0
79.8
82.7
76.0
Thameslink
59.9
75.7
80.8
75.8
73.2
South
West Trains
59.7
71.2
75.1
75.9
70.6
London
and South East Peak
Chiltern
Railways
67.7
85.3
89.3
88.1
87.6
Great
Eastern Railway
70.4
88.3
87.0
89.4
83.9
c2c
67.7
88.1
87.2
83.9
82.0
Silverlink
74.7
82.4
81.4
81.9
80.0
Thames
Trains
72.8
79.7
79.7
76.4
77.1
Connex
South Eastern
87.6
80.2
81.9
84.4
76.6
Connex
South Central
59.9
80.2
83.2
83.1
74.7
Thameslink
53.9
69.6
79.4
74.4
69.4
South
West Trains
54.4
66.7
75.5
79.5
69.1
WAGN
69.3
52.2
73.6
78.8
68.6
December
19, 2002
Note
London
& South East and Other Operators show % arriving within
5 minutes of timetabled time.
The
latest official figures published recently show an improvement
from the dismal performance of local train services at the
end of last year with Silver Link performing relatively well
but South West Trains still bottom of the punctuality league.