Train Performance -Track Record

Jamie2k9 · 06-12-2012, 13:16

http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4736&p=116&n=237
06 December 2012

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NEW - View our 'Track Record' on Train Performance

Iarnród Éireann understands the importance of punctuality and reliabilty. We have developed a new section for the site called Train Performance - Track Record.

This time of year we experience delays due to leaf fall which effects our punctuality performance, check out our blog for more information on this 'Be-leaf it or not!'

However, this new section offers customers complete transparency on our punctuality & reliability statistics throughout the year so that you can 'track' our performance.

Stats:
http://www.irishrail.ie/index.jsp?p=115&n=265

One thing that stands out is the poor reliability on Galway services comparted to others.

James Howard · 06-12-2012, 13:43

Interesting that the reliability on the Sligo line indicates that there has not been a single failure all year. Does a bus transfer count as a service that ran? Because back in March, there were bus transfers between Boyle and Sligo.

http://railusers.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=14196

However, I have noticed that the leaf-fall season has been especially easy this year. I would normally expect a cumulative delay of at least an hour a week from leaf-fall but it has been a fraction of this.

I think they should publish the stats from previous years as well because in fairness to Irish Rail, they have been brilliant on punctuality over the last year.

Jamie2k9 · 06-12-2012, 13:53

Looks like if there is a bus transfer in place for a service it still sort of operates. Moving passengers to another service counts as a service being cancelled by the looks of it. I do question some of the Reliability stats as I know of a few Waterford services that were canceled and no bus provided.

karlr42 · 06-12-2012, 14:00

They seem to have stepped up the railhead treatment this year, I've actually seen the sandite train running, which is a first.

Mark Gleeson · 06-12-2012, 14:12

The numbers don't stack up at all

So IE say

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These 2 raw data values also include delays caused by factors outside our control, for example, trucks hitting bridges or extreme weather conditions such as snow or fog. The NTA performance reports under the Public Service Obligation contract with Iarnród Éireann measures our punctuality excluding such delays.

So for DART last month

5/11/2012 Dun Laoghaire incident 2 hours (12-16 part cancellations)
12/11/2012 Bray incident 3.5 hours (20+ part cancellations)
21/11/2012 CTC collapse 20:00-20:45 (?)
22/11/2012 CTC collapse 23:15-??:?? (2 cancellations)
26/11/2012 Dun Laoghaire Dalkey closed flooding (20+ part cancellations)
03/12/2012 06:25 Connolly Greystones terminated at Pearse due train failure (1)

3850 DART per 28 day period
99.78% => implies 10 cancellations only which doesn't stack up to reality of at least 60

James Howard · 06-12-2012, 14:34

It is a bit of a pity that the reliability numbers don't appear to be hugely reliable because there has been a genuine dramatic improvement in real punctuality on the trains I take (normally 0545 Sligo -> Connolly and 1805 Connolly -> Longford).

The stats are especially meaningless for the evening train I normally take as I get off at the station before the terminus (Edgeworthstown on a Longford service). Last year during leaf-slip season almost every evening the train was 12 or 13 minutes late at Edgeworthstown but there was plenty of slack in the timetable to get it back under 10 minutes at Longford where it is measured. But this gripe aside, the train is rarely 10 minutes late this year.

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06-12-2012, 13:43	#2
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	Interesting that the reliability on the Sligo line indicates that there has not been a single failure all year. Does a bus transfer count as a service that ran? Because back in March, there were bus transfers between Boyle and Sligo. http://railusers.ie/forum/showthread.php?t=14196 However, I have noticed that the leaf-fall season has been especially easy this year. I would normally expect a cumulative delay of at least an hour a week from leaf-fall but it has been a fraction of this. I think they should publish the stats from previous years as well because in fairness to Irish Rail, they have been brilliant on punctuality over the last year.

06-12-2012, 13:53	#3
Jamie2k9 Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 2,146	Looks like if there is a bus transfer in place for a service it still sort of operates. Moving passengers to another service counts as a service being cancelled by the looks of it. I do question some of the Reliability stats as I know of a few Waterford services that were canceled and no bus provided.

06-12-2012, 14:00	#4
karlr42 Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Clonsilla Posts: 340	They seem to have stepped up the railhead treatment this year, I've actually seen the sandite train running, which is a first.

06-12-2012, 14:34	#6
James Howard Really Really Regluar Poster Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sligo Line Posts: 1,115	It is a bit of a pity that the reliability numbers don't appear to be hugely reliable because there has been a genuine dramatic improvement in real punctuality on the trains I take (normally 0545 Sligo -> Connolly and 1805 Connolly -> Longford). The stats are especially meaningless for the evening train I normally take as I get off at the station before the terminus (Edgeworthstown on a Longford service). Last year during leaf-slip season almost every evening the train was 12 or 13 minutes late at Edgeworthstown but there was plenty of slack in the timetable to get it back under 10 minutes at Longford where it is measured. But this gripe aside, the train is rarely 10 minutes late this year.