[holding answer 10 March 2010]: Only certain train operators are required to report the number of trains short-formed, and do so as part of a contractual monitoring regime. The Department does not hold information for operators whose franchise agreement does not require this.
For those that are required to report short-formed services, the numbers for the six most recent four-weekly reporting periods are shown in the following table:
Train operator Aug-Sept Sept-Oct Oct-Nov Nov-Dec Dec-Jan Jan-Feb First Capital Connect 147 134 196 71 92 309 National Express East Anglia 39 25 20 63 33 79 Southeastern 81 110 98 176 395 287 Crosscountry Trains 117 63 70 78 121 107 London Midland 843 120 476 701 375 207 East Midland Trains 95 32 51 100 98 59 Southern 1— 50 40 51 91 70 Northern 243 226 149 186 270 332 1 A new franchise agreement commenced on 20 September 2009 and equivalent data was not previously reported
For the operators shown above, the total number of services operated from which short-formed trains are reported, is shown in the following table. In some cases, operators are not required to monitor and report all services operated.
Train operator Aug-Sept Sept-Oct Oct-Nov Nov-Dec Dec-Jan Jan-Feb First Capital Connect 20,582 20,767 20,203 18,421 16,661 20,644 National Express East Anglia 45,778 46,610 45,974 45,383 38,867 45,642 Southeastern 44,373 44,540 44,580 44,526 36,349 49,715 Crosscountry Trains 7,442 7,530 7,429 7,654 5,790 7,749 London Midland 31,391 32,601 31,298 31,722 28,162 32,607 East Midland Trains 11,761 11,732 11,727 11,657 10,642 11,955 Southern 1— 6,680 6,676 6,675 3,483 5,966 Northern 4,663 4,675 4,636 4,613 4,039 4,413 1 A new franchise agreement commenced on 20 September 2009 and equivalent data was not previously reported