HC Deb 19 January 1994 vol 235 cc598-9W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a table showing the targets and performance against targets in respect of(a) punctuality and (b) reliability of each of the divisions of British Rail serving the (i) South Yorkshire, (ii) Humberside, (iii) North Yorkshire and (iv) West Yorkshire areas in each month from January 1992.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested is as follows. British Rail performance data are published on a four-weekly, rather than a calendar month, basis. The following tables run from period 11 of the 1991–92 financial year—commencing 29 December 1991—to period 10 of the 1993–94 financial year ending 1 January 1994.

British Rail reliability (Yorkshire and Humberside area)
Four-week periods
1991–92 1992–93
Service group 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
TransPennine Express 98.6 98.8 99.3 97.9 98.2 98.6 99.1 99.7 98.7 99.4 99.5 99.0 98.7
South Yorkshire/Humberside (Long) n/a n/a n/a 98.5 98.4 97.7 98.7 98.6 99.1 98.5 98.3 98.0 99.3
South Yorkshire/Humberside (Short) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
West Yorkshire (Long) n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
West Yorkshire (Short) 99.0 99.6 99.6 98.7 99.8 99.5 99.6 99.5 99.5 99.7 99.6 99.5 99.5
InterCity Cross Country 99.6 99.6 99.2 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.5 99.5 99.6 99.8 99.3 98.7 99.5
InterCity East Coast Main Line 98.5 98.8 99.0 99.3 99.5 97.8 99.3 99.5 98.2 99.5 98.6 98.5 98.6

Note: The passengers charter target for reliability has been set at 99 per cent. throughout the period for all InterCity and regional railways routes.

British Rail reliability (Yorkshire and Humberside area)
Four-week periods
1992–93 1993–94
Service group 11 12 13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
TransPennine Express 99.0 99.0 99.3 98.8 98.7 97.2 98.3 97.1 98.9 98.0 98.3 95.8 96.9
South Yorkshire/Humberside (Long) 99.1 99.4 99.0 98.6 99.1 98.4 97.0 98.3 98.8 93.2 98.1 97.3 98.7
South Yorkshire/Humberside (Short) 99.5 99.6 99.7 99.2 99.9 99.2 98.3 98.6 97.8 98.8 98.9 98.2 98.9
West Yorkshire (Long) 98.6 99.6 98.9 99.9 99.6 98.8 98.5 98.7 99.7 99.1 96.7 95.7 97.4
West Yorkshire (Short) 98.8 99.1 99.0 99.1 98.2 99.5 99.4 99.2 99.4 99.1 98.0 96.1 96.7
InterCity Cross Country 99.2 99.8 99.2 99.3 98.2 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.4 99.5 99.8 99.0
InterCity East Coast Main Line 97.5 99.2 99.2 99.1 99.4 99.3 99.6 99.0 99.0 99.4 99.6 97.4 95.2