HC Deb 18 June 1996 vol 279 cc420-3W
Mr. Wicks

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many and what percentage of trains arrived more than five minutes late during peak hours on each of the former Network SouthEast lines in(a) each four-week period during 1995–96 and (b) for 1995–96 as a whole; [33036]

(2) how many and what percentage of trains were cancelled on each of the former Network SouthEast lines in (a) each four-week period during 1995–96 and (b) 1995–96 as a whole. [33035]

Mr. Watts

The information requested is available from citizens charter records and is shown in the following tables.

Punctuality—former Network SouthEast Lines Number of trains more than five minutes late in peak times
Four week periods 1995–96
Operating company/group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1995–96
South East Trains
Kent Coast 178 242 251 309 405 201 288 352 968 490 410 464 328 4,886
Kent Link 210 282 315 426 546 403 482 586 1,489 838 762 903 597 7,839
South West Trains
Main Line 175 107 143 267 195 146 129 201 390 241 140 225 85 2,344
Suburban 242 230 256 540 435 247 204 368 777 301 216 416 158 4,390
Thames 82 96 87 171 64 71 109 90 179 94 99 109 83 1,334
Thameslink 68 137 134 136 169 150 110 140 224 171 203 160 200 2,002
West Anglia Great Northern
Great Northern 116 118 154 245 199 222 181 246 434 334 286 417 227 3,179
West Anglia 94 82 114 84 102 144 111 132 264 177 128 181 73 1,686

Reliability—former Network SouthEast Lines Percentage of trains cancelled
Four week periods 1995–96
Operating company/group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1995–96
Chiltern Trains 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.6 0.7 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.4
Great Eastern 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.7
LTS Rail 2.7 1.5 2.1 1.4 3.5 3.6 2.0 1.3 1.5 3.6 1.0 1.4 1.2 2.0
Network South Central
South London Lines 0.3 1.2 0.6 0.7 1.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 1.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.7
Sussex Coast 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.6
North London Railways
Northampton Lines 2.0 1.0 0.6 1.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.9 1.2 1.3 0.5 1.1 1.1 1.0
North London Orbital 5.7 7.4 3.9 11.1 5.8 6.6 5.4 3.5 4.0 10.3 4.5 14.8 6.1 6.6
Watford Locals 1.3 2.9 1.2 4.5 3.3 3.7 2.7 1.2 4.2 2.8 1.3 2.5 1.5 2.6
South East Trains
Kent Coast 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.0 0.5 0.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.7
Kent Link 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.4 0.5 0.8 0.6 2.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.1
South West Trains
Main Line 0.7 0.2 0.4 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.6 0.4 0.9 0.2 0.6
Suburban 0.6 0.4 0.6 1.1 1.2 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.4 1.2 0.4 1.3 0.4 0.8
Thames 0.6 0.7 1.2 2.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 3.0 2.0 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.0 1.7
Thameslink 0.8 1.2 2.5 0.9 1.6 2.4 1.0 3.1 1.9 2.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.7
West Anglia Great Northern
Great Northern 1.2 0.7 1.1 3.1 1.3 1.1 0.4 0.7 0.6 2.3 0.9 1.6 0.7 1.2
West Anglia 0.6 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.8 0.7 0.7 2.3 1.0 1.2 0.5 1.0

Reliability—former Network SouthEast Lines Number of trains cancelled
Four week periods 1995–96
Operating company/group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1995–96
Chiltern Trains 9 9 8 27 9 23 32 14 22 17 17 35 5 227
Great Eastern 29 61 286 82 99 64 124 41 126 64 121 150 44 1,291
LTS Rail 164 100 138 86 243 241 132 86 99 201 68 95 83 1,736
Network South Central
South London Lines 47 181 97 107 222 45 98 62 323 63 80 107 67 1,499
Sussex Coast 27 36 63 55 108 37 81 84 179 44 55 105 33 907
North London Railways
Northampton Lines 73 40 25 48 21 21 19 37 44 38 20 36 32 454
North London Orbital 254 345 193 456 257 323 278 205 244 528 290 708 393 4,474
Watford Locals 37 90 35 124 103 108 82 36 128 65 41 76 37 962

Reliability—former Network SouthEast Lines Number of trains cancelled
Four week periods 1995–96
Operating company/group 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1995–96
South East Trains
Kent Coast 90 66 68 76 160 1 72 45 170 103 83 131 96 1,161
Kent Link 138 185 212 262 304 101 160 133 420 174 178 267 259 2,793
South West Trains
Main Line 67 24 47 79 89 59 47 40 121 52 46 108 25 804
Suburban 89 67 99 191 222 132 106 110 271 157 66 242 70 1,822
Thames 88 106 176 376 251 270 269 448 306 221 352 321 159 3,343
Thameslink 43 63 124 44 88 128 57 177 86 116 90 84 45 1,145
West Anglia Great Northern
Great Northern 102 65 98 252 117 94 36 61 49 174 80 138 62 1,328
West Anglia 58 118 106 85 179 48 81 67 70 203 104 114 52 1,285