Sunshine Coast Line : Delays for SEPTEMBER 2015

[Fares_Fair]

September delays thus far ... to SC commuters.
This is my 50th 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 my 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 my 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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Tuesday September 01, 2015
6:14 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Tuesday September 01, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 63 minutes late  sadly, person struck by train (police incident) at Virginia station caused major disruptions
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Wednesday September 02, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Wednesday September 02, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes late
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Thursday September 03, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 4 minutes late

Thursday September 03, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Friday September 04, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Friday September 04, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Monday September 07, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late 

Monday September 07, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Tuesday September 08, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time

Tuesday September 08, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Wednesday September 09, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 4 minutes late

Wednesday September 09, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Thursday September 10, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Thursday September 10, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Friday September 11, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Friday September 11, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Monday September 14, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 11 minutes late   signal failure at Nambour station caused 12 minute delay

Monday September 14, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Tuesday September 15, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central on time  within 2 minutes of timetable

Tuesday September 15, 2015
4:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Wednesday September 16, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Wednesday September 16, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Thursday September 17, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Thursday September 17, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time  within 2 minutes of timetable
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Friday September 18, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Friday September 18, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes early
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Tuesday September 22, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Tuesday September 22, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Wednesday September 23, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Wednesday September 23, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes early   actual 1.5 minutes.
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Thursday September 24, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Thursday September 24, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Friday September 25, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Friday September 25, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 2 minutes late  arrived platform 2 to pass an 'out of service' train, then reversed back to platform 1
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Monday September 28, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late

Monday September 28, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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Tuesday September 29, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 3 minutes late 

Tuesday September 29, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods on time
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Wednesday September 30, 2015
6:40 AM service from Nambour to City

Arrived Central 2 minutes late

Wednesday September 30, 2015
5:00 PM service from City to Nambour

Arrived Palmwoods 1 minute early
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[Stillwater]

It's disappointing to see that the toilet maintenance standard is slipping again.

[ozbob]

It's disappointing to see that the toilet maintenance standard is slipping again.

Maxwell?  You there ...

[Fares_Fair]

It's disappointing to see that the toilet maintenance standard is slipping again.

It is creeping up..

In the 8 months (from January 2012) there were 75 'out of order' toilets in 286 journeys                      = 26.22% failure rate.
In the following 12 months (from September 2012) there were 39 'out of order' toilets in 422 journeys  = 9.24% failure rate.
In the last 12 months (from September 2014) there were 17 'out of order' toilets in 449 journeys              = 3.79% failure rate.

[Fares_Fair]

In the last 12 months (from October 2014 to September 2015) there were 16 'out of order' toilets in 451 journeys   =  = 3.55% failure rate.
September had 00 (zero) reported lack of amenities in 42 journeys.. a very good sign of improvement

[ozbob]

In the last 12 months (from October 2014 to September 2015) there were 16 'out of order' toilets in 451 journeys   =  = 3.55% failure rate.
September had 00 (zero) reported lack of amenities in 42 journeys.. a very good sign of improvement

Well done Jeff on your steady and sure monitoring.  Nice to know that toilet availability is much improved.