§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if, pursuant to the answer of 27 March regarding the punctuality of trains in the London Midland region of British Rail, he will give similar data for services from Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, and Liverpool, respectively, via Rugby to London Euston and vice versa.
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§ Mr. David MitchellI understand from British Rail that the punctuality of trains over these routes in 1984 was as follows:
per cent. On time On time less than five minutes late Over 30 minutes late Glasgow-Euston* 47 56 13 Birmingham-Euston* 65 78 2 Liverpool and Manchester-Euston*† 63 76 3 * British Rail records punctuality data either for routes or small groups of routes. Trains from Liverpool and Manchester are recorded as being in the same group of routes and are not therefore available separately. † And vice versa. British Rail's strategy for inter-city services sets the objective that, by 1987, 85 per cent. of all inter-city trains should arrive within five minutes of published time.