On time train performance - March 2019

[ozbob]

https://www.queenslandrail.com.au/forcustomers/otr/dailyotr

"The data presented below is for the morning and afternoon peak periods over the past five days.

The information provided is correct at the time of posting. However, as further information about the causes of any delay are collated the data may change, particularly to reflect differences between force majeure and non force majeure incidents.

From January 2019, any NGR technical faults which impact Queensland Rail's on-time running or reliability will not be considered force majeure in the below data. "

Combined Peaks
Customer Impact, Force Majeure adjusted

1 Mar     95.57%     95.94%

4 Mar     82.88%     85.27%
5 Mar     90.07%     92.81%
6 Mar     90.41%     90.41%
7 Mar     89.38%     89.73%
8 Mar     96.31%     97.05%

11 Mar   92.47%     92.47%
12 Mar   94.18%     94.18%
13 Mar   95.89%     97.60%
14 Mar   91.78%     94.18%
15 Mar   55.72%     95.94%

18 Mar   78.08%     97.95%
19 Mar   94.86%     95.21%
20 Mar   88.70%     94.52%
21 Mar   90.07%     90.41%
22 Mar   83.76%     83.76%

25 Mar   89.04%     89.04%
26 Mar   92.12%     97.26%
27 Mar   88.01%     88.01%
28 Mar   92.81%     94.18%
29 Mar   96.31%     96.68%

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1107891199921119232

[ozbob]

https://twitter.com/QueenslandRail/status/1108129447973130249

[ozbob]

March is not looking to good interms of peak OTR.

As of 21st March, 8 out of the 12 lines are < 95% for combined peaks FM adjusted.  Customer impact all lines < 95%   

[ozbob]

March is not looking to good interms of peak OTR.

As of 21st March, 8 out of the 12 lines are < 95% for combined peaks FM adjusted.  Customer impact all lines < 95%   

March is shaping up as the worst month for quite a while. I wonder if the increasing numbers of NGR is a factor?  I would have hoped with the EMU numbers decreasing things would be better.  22nd and 25th not good.  Today will be lot better by the looks of things.

[timh]

March is not looking to good interms of peak OTR.

As of 21st March, 8 out of the 12 lines are < 95% for combined peaks FM adjusted.  Customer impact all lines < 95%   

March is shaping up as the worst month for quite a while. I wonder if the increasing numbers of NGR is a factor?  I would have hoped with the EMU numbers decreasing things would be better.  22nd and 25th not good.  Today will be lot better by the looks of things.

Considering over the last few days, the number of services that have been reported as cancelled or delayed due to "rollingstock issue", it is looking suspiciously like an NGR fault. Do we know if all of these have been NGR problems? I know many users have been speaking about problems with the doors...

[ozbob]

All lines summary March 2019



Spreadsheet all lines --> https://backontrack.org/docs/qr/monthly_otr/2019/otpmar2019/qrotpmar2019.ods

2019 compared to 2018

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https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1126734368204918786

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https://twitter.com/railbotforum/status/1126743214424117248

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https://www.facebook.com/RAILBackOnTrack/posts/2611315285549309?comment_id=2611345145546323

What is causing this deterioration in on-time performance? On the RAIL - Back On Track forum we maintain a thread on rail service disruptions where we try to document them as reported. Twice now in the past few months we have picked up a couple of occasions when the disruptions were not reported in the normal manner, but mostly we do get a reasonably accurate record ( > https://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=1862.msg222046 ) It seems one of the biggest issues is rollingstock reliability. As NGR numbers increase and aged units decommissioned it would be a reasonable expectation that rollingstock reliability would be improving, it seems not. The other thing that is clear is that when passenger numbers are decreased in peaks due to holiday periods the performance is much better. This suggests that prolonged dwell times at congested low level platforms may also be a factor. It is also rather annoying that with the present station upgrades underway there is not full length platform raising, only centre section raising. So prolonged dwell times are going to be ongoing issue for years by the looks of things. 🙁 Robert