Sunshine Coast Line : Delays for MAY 2015

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May delays thus far ... to SC commuters.
This is my 46th month of detailed daily data recording.

The times reported below do not take into account the 3 minutes and 59 second allowance that QR's service contract to TRANSLink allows.
A Sunshine Coast, Rosewood or Gold Coast train e.g. can be up to 5 minutes and 59 seconds late and still considered statistically to be 'on-time'.
All times shown below are actual arrival times, all times taken from when train becomes stationary, and before doors open.
NO times are rounded up.

Under my system, early arrival times at destinations are actually subtracted from the TTL (total time lost) figure,
in addition, arrival times less than 2 minutes late are NOT added to these figures.
Only when services are 2 minutes late or more, will the TTL figure increase.

IMPORTANT NOTE:
I believe that Queensland Rail do a superb job given the extreme infrastructure limitations on the Sunshine Coast line.
Our 2 new train services may have longer express legs (14 stations) - but they take just as much time (Roma St to Nambour) as our (9 station) express leg services.

The major factor required to permanently improve the line is rail duplication to Nambour, and, at a cost benefit ratio of 2.285, it's great value for money.
Astonishingly, rail congestion between Caboolture and Nambour was identified as "a major overall impediment" to the ENTIRE 1669 km North Coast Line from Brisbane to Cairns.
Also astonishingly, 42% of our daily train services are in fact rail buses (Caboolture to Nambour), 26 per day - 13 (40.63%) northbound and 13 (43.33%) southbound.
These buses traverse the road network acting as trains due to the freight shared congestion of the predominately single track line.

UPDATED DAILY
Is it more reliable?  Short answer is yes, it is. Massive improvement to my services based upon these statistics.
See the history for yourself under 'Individual monthly performance summaries' link below.

: this symbol denotes a service without toilet facilities, or with 'out of order' toilet facilities.
Re: Toilets; should I forget to check their status, the default has been to always assume that they are working and in order.
This check ONLY applies to the front 3 carriages in the direction of travel.

Individual monthly performance summaries found here: --> http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=7184.0
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Friday May 01, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 4 minutes late

Friday May 01, 2015
4:22 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 508 minutes late

Waited 22 minutes at Fortitude Valley, then 5 & 1/2 hours at Petrie, Bus all stops Petrie to Caboolture, car ride to Palmwoods.
I arrived at my home at precisely 1:00am, I have subtracted 10 minutes (time I take to ride home from the station each night) to achieve comparative figure of 508 minutes
(8 hours 28 minutes) total journey time if on a train departing at 4:22pm.
I left work at 4:00pm and arrived at my home at 1:00am... a horrible 9 hours being cold, wet, tired and hungry.
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Monday May 04, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Monday May 04, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Tuesday May 05, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Tuesday May 05, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Wednesday May 06, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time    toilet facilities 'out of order' front 3 carriages 

Wednesday May 06, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Thursday May 07, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Thursday May 07, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Friday May 08, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late 

Friday May 08, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Monday May 11 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Monday May 11 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Tuesday May 12, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Tuesday May 12, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes late 
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Wednesday May 13, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Wednesday May 13, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Thursday May 14, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 4 minutes late

Thursday May 14, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 23 minutes late   5:04pm train cancelled due to unit failure, caught 5:28pm train home, it arrived 1 minute early
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Friday May 15, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Friday May 15, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Monday May 18, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Monday May 18, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Tuesday May 19, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late 

Tuesday May 19, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  within 2 minutes of timetable
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Wednesday May 20, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Wednesday May 20, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Thursday May 21, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable

Thursday May 21, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Friday May 22, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable

Friday May 22, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Monday May 25, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable 

Monday May 25, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Tuesday May 26, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 1 minute early   actual was 10 seconds

Tuesday May 26, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes early  actual was 8 seconds
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Wednesday May 27, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable

Wednesday May 27, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Thursday May 28, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Thursday May 28, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Friday May 29, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time   within 2 minutes of timetable    toilet facilities 'out of order' front 3 carriages 

Friday May 29, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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