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Railways: Standards

Volume 504: debated on Wednesday 27 January 2010

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many and what percentage of scheduled trains operated by each franchised train operating company in England (a) were cancelled and (b) arrived late in each of the last five years. (313430)

The information requested is held by Network Rail but is also given in the following tables. The tables give the information for each of the last five complete financial years.

2004-05

Train operating company

Trains cancelled

Trains late at destination

Percentage cancelled

Percentage late

c2c

1,307

6,120

1.2

5.6

Chiltern Railways

825

6,430

0.9

6.6

Crosscountry

1,432

27,557

1.6

30.2

East Coast

559

13,119

1.4

32.4

East Midlands Trains

1,857

32,643

1.4

24.4

First Capital Connect

3,982

39,741

1.2

12.4

First Great Western

4,980

80,156

1.1

17.3

First TransPennine Express

1,462

21,002

1.7

23.7

London Midland

5,902

77,913

1.7

22.0

London Overground

2,921

17,353

2.2

13.3

Merseyrail

2,153

9,768

1.1

4.8

National Express East Anglia

5,658

58,764

1.0

10.6

Northern Rail

6,612

117,899

0.8

14.6

South West Trains

6,532

97,076

1.1

16.8

Southeastern

7,825

85,078

1.3

14.5

Southern

8,989

103,020

1.5

16.8

Virgin Trains

1,812

21,976

2.9

35.2

2005-06

Train operating company

Trains cancelled

Trains late at destination

Percentage cancelled

Percentage late

c2c

1,343

6,501

1.2

5.9

Chiltern Railways

1,366

6,906

1.4

6.9

Crosscountry

1,432

23,092

1.5

25.0

East Coast

546

9,265

1.3

22.9

East Midlands Trains

1,952

26,983

1.5

20.1

First Capital Connect

5,565

34,758

1.7

10.6

First Great Western

4,609

86,309

1.0

18.2

First TransPennine Express

856

15,926

1.1

19.6

London Midland

6,203

61,603

1.6

15.5

London Overground

2,753

10,322

2.1

7.9

Merseyrail

3,038

12,980

1.5

6.3

National Express East Anglia

7,261

70,575

1.3

12.6

Northern Rail

6,116

104,717

0.7

12.8

South West Trains

5,663

54,355

0.9

9.1

Southeastern

6,341

70,737

1.1

12.2

Southern

6,892

68,449

1.1

10.8

Virgin Trains

688

16,959

1.0

24.1

2006-07

Train operating company

Trains cancelled

Trains late at destination

Percentage cancelled

Percentage late

c2c

1,152

5,045

1.1

4.6

Chiltern Railways

938

5,440

0.9

5.3

Crosscountry

1,382

21,127

1.4

21.5

East Coast

805

9,728

1.9

23.5

East Midlands Trains

1,970

19,609

1.5

14.5

First Capital Connect

5,166

34,061

1.6

10.3

First Great Western

7,045

80,288

1.5

17.0

First TransPennine Express

981

14,823

1.0

15.9

London Midland

6,198

48,346

1.5

11.9

London Overground

2,301

9,381

1.7

7.1

Merseyrail

2,077

13,255

1.0

6.5

National Express East Anglia

9,207

68,694

1.6

11.8

Northern Rail

7,626

93,989

1.0

11.8

South West Trains

6,034

52,815

1.0

8.9

Southeastern

5,227

60,576

0.9

10.6

Southern

5,954

62,531

0.9

9.8

Virgin Trains

878

14,131

1.3

20.1

2007-08

Train operating company

Trains cancelled

Trains late at destination

Percentage cancelled

Percentage late

c2c

1,249

4,920

1.1

4.4

Chiltern Railways

715

4,448

0.7

4.3

Crosscountry

1,267

17,698

1.3

18.2

East Coast

997

9,976

2.3

23.1

East Midlands Trains

2,197

18,865

1.6

14.0

First Capital Connect

4,280

26,962

1.3

8.1

First Great Western

8,153

79,244

1.8

17.1

First TransPennine Express

897

12,456

0.9

12.9

London Midland

5,623

38,846

1.4

9.7

London Overground

2,376

9,336

1.8

6.9

Merseyrail

1,847

9,011

0.9

4.4

National Express East Anglia

7,307

52,113

1.2

8.8

Northern Rail

8,670

83,594

1.1

10.4

South West Trains

3,890

41,668

0.7

7.1

Southeastern

5,102

49,592

0.9

8.5

Southern

5,627

60,619

0.9

9.3

Virgin Trains

678

15,248

0.9

20.4

2008-09

Train operating company

Trains cancelled

Trains late

Percentage cancelled

Percentage late

c2c

946

4,388

0.8

3.9

Chiltern Railways

738

4,360

0.7

4.1

Crosscountry

1,157

13,969

1.2

14.3

East Coast

625

8,351

1.4

18.8

East Midlands Trains

1,351

17,817

1.0

12.7

First Capital Connect

5,533

24,477

1.7

7.3

First Great Western

4,509

48,580

0.9

9.9

First TransPennine Express

1,001

14,916

1.0

15.0

London Midland

7,558

45,464

1.9

11.6

London Overground

1,339

9,734

0.9

6.8

Merseyrail

1,613

8,452

0.8'

4.2

National Express East Anglia

6,493

53,422

1.1

9.0

Northern Rail

6,920

77,156

0.8

9.4

South West Trains

6,327

34,348

1.1

5.8

Southeastern

7,326

51,800

1.2

8.8

Southern

9,629

66,578

1.3

9.1

Virgin Trains

2,205

23,779

2.5

26.6

Note:

Commuter trains are classified as ‘late’ if they arrive at destination five or more minutes later than their scheduled arrival time. Intercity trains are classified as late if they arrive 10 or more minutes later than the scheduled arrival time.