HC Deb 18 December 2001 vol 377 c217W
32. Sir Teddy Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on levels of reliability of train services; and what the levels were(a) one and (b) two years ago. [21589]

Mr. Jamieson

Reliability of train services may be defined as the percentage number of services that ran against the published timetable. On that basis:

  • 97.5 per cent. of trains operated for the 12 months up to 13 October 2001.
  • 98.6 per cent. of trains operated for the 12 months up to 14 October 2000.
  • 99 per cent. of trains operated for the 12 months up to 16 October 1999.