Nov 24, 2016
Southern rail service hits national punctuality figures
A report by the Office of Rail and Road describes overall punctuality and reliability across Britain as "Mixed", but generally "Poor". It says the biggest drag on performance is Govia Thameslink Rail, which operates Southern trains. All the rail companies are compared using something called the Public Performance Measure, or PPM. It mixes punctuality and reliability to come up with a percentage. It goes on to say, "This makes the service harder to operate even when there are no other problems on the network, and when an incident does occur recovering the service is much harder. So, while Network Rail is responsible for 58% of delay minutes impacting GTR services, this is being made worse by GTR's train crew problems". Network Rail is rebuilding London Bridge station to make way for a much-improved Thameslink service.
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