Statement: Train on-time highs remain

[ozbob]

http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2013/5/14/train-ontime-highs-remain

Minister for Transport and Main Roads
The Honourable Scott Emerson
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Train on-time highs remain

Train on-time running across south east Queensland has maintained high levels in 2013.

Transport and Main Roads Minister Scott Emerson said 94.08 per cent of trains ran on time in January to March 2013.

"It's a credit to Queensland Rail that they've maintained high levels in the mid-90s across more than 240 morning and afternoon peak trains for two straight quarters," Mr Emerson said.

"While reliability continues to improve under the Newman Government, our free-travel-after-nine-weekly-journeys incentive has also been a roaring success.

"The free travel is providing fare relief for frequent passengers with seven million free trips saving almost $19 million since it was introduced in June last year.

"On average this means 61,300 passengers take more than 160,000 free trips each week.

"This is almost double the number of passengers who benefited under the former Labor government's scheme."

The additional free travel was an LNP election promise, costing $39 million over four years.

Train on-time running
Force majeure applied Actual

Jan-Mar 2012
90.01% 86.20%

Apr-Jun 2012
92.43% 89.37%

Jul-Sep 2012
93.98% 89.68%

Oct-Dec 2012
96.75%94.58%

Jan-Mar 2013
96.83%94.08%

Benchmark in Queensland is within 3.59 mins of the timetable (5.59mins for Sunshine Coast and Gold Coast services).

[ENDS] 14 May 2013

[#Metro]

QR stil refuses to publish all day data citing that 'less customers are affected'. What rot. Do updates get published if there are interruptions to the train line services in the off peak? Of course. So that should be recorded.

Low frequency and chronic low span remains

[petey3801]

QR stil refuses to publish all day data citing that 'less customers are affected'. What rot. Do updates get published if there are interruptions to the train line services in the off peak? Of course. So that should be recorded.

Low frequency and chronic low span remains

The really stupid thing is the on-time running in the off-peak is actually recorded, it's just not published for some unknown reason.