Greater Anglia: Nearly half of operator’s rural trains late
Anyone in rural settings who relies on regional railways will recognise the issues set out here. This story tells us:
Nearly half of Greater Anglia’s rural trains failed to arrive on time during the Christmas period.
In the four weeks to 4 January, 54.9% of those services did not arrive at the station within 59 seconds of schedule, according to the operator’s statistics.
Cabinet minister Therese Coffey MP previously criticised the “catastrophic performance” of Greater Anglia’s newly-introduced trains in December.
Greater Anglia said it was “very sorry” for the problems in December.
Figures showed that the number of rural services arriving within 59 seconds of schedule dropped by 14 percentage points in December, compared to 69% arriving on time across the previous 12 months.
More than 10% of those services also experienced cancelations or arrived at their final destination more than 30 minutes behind schedule.