{"id":1066,"date":"2016-01-09T14:02:11","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/passengers-left-fuming-as-train-firms-increasingly-fail-to-arrive-on-time\/"},"modified":"2016-01-09T14:10:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T07:10:03","slug":"passengers-left-fuming-as-train-firms-increasingly-fail-to-arrive-on-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/passengers-left-fuming-as-train-firms-increasingly-fail-to-arrive-on-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Passengers left fuming as train firms increasingly fail to arrive on time"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nFares have gone up again, but the latest punctuality figures expose serious flaws in our rail networkOnly four out of 10 trains are running on time on many of Britain\u2019s busiest routes, with CrossCountry and TransPennine trains the least likely to arrive on schedule, according to punctuality figures from Network Rail.The data, which covers mid-November to mid-December 2015, shows that punctuality has fallen significantly since the same period in 2014. On the toughest definition of timeliness \u2013 arriving within one minute of the schedule \u2013 almost half of all trains were late. Even using the industry\u2019s preferred measure, where \u201con time\u201d is within five minutes of the schedule for commuter trains and 10 minutes on long-distance routes, nearly a fifth of trains were late. At the worst operator, Virgin Trains West Coast, this figure was 29%. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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