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New timetable punctuality and reliability - Last updated 18th March 2007 - 905/2594 Written by streety7 on Saturday, 23rd December 2006 I've had a spreadsheet going for the last few months since the new timetable on December 10th, and I've come up with some graphs to show how good/bad the new timetable is so far (I think we know the answer to that one). The PNG images below will be constantly updated, and I have also found out how to get the scales more 'relevant' to the data. Last updated: Sunday 18th March 2007 Reliability On the whole, things HAVE got better ;D 98.6% reliability for February (only 1 cancellation)  Punctuality (trains within 5 minutes late) Slight improvements in punctuality for the first half of March...  Trains which ran which were on time Nearly half of the trains in March have been on time. Note that out of the last 15 trains which ran between 0744 on 9th March to 1908 on 16th March, 10 (2 thirds) of these were on time, and only one of these were more than 5 minutes late! Again, some improvement? ;D  Re: New timetable punctuality and reliability - 905/2669 Written by admin (Graham Ellis) on Sunday, 31st December 2006 Chris, many thanks for the graphs / updates. The cancellations, currently running at 1 train in 5, is the real shocker. With a service that only runs twice a day in each direction, timekeeping (even a 10 to 15 minute delay) isn't such a big problem unless a customer of the railways is looking to connect onwards into another service that's also infrequent. Re: New timetable punctuality and reliability - 905/2754 Written by streety7 on Friday, 5th January 2007 I've updated the graphs again... a good start to the week but shadowed by cancellations on Thursday & Friday. Just some pointers: > I'm aiming to update the graphs every Friday > Trains showing as No Report will not be counted, as I am unsure of whether they ran or not December Raw Data: A total of 42 trains were monitored. 33 of these ran (78.6% reliability). 6 of these were on time (18.2% on time). 24 out of 33 departed within 5 minutes late (72.7% punctuality). Between 10th and 31st December, of trains which were monitored: The 0644 service was cancelled 1 time The 0717 service was cancelled 1 time The 1908 service was cancelled 1 time The 1950 service was cancelled 6 times Total 9 Cancellations Re: New timetable punctuality and reliability - Last updated 12th January 2007 - 905/3283 Written by streety7 on Saturday, 20th January 2007 Sorry for the slight delay, but I've now updated the graphs above. Some pointers to sum up the week - normally I wouldn't post a new reply but just edit the post HOWEVER I have had to make the minimum value on the reliability graph LOWER AGAIN to an APPALLING 55% as reliability is currently standing at 58.3%. This must be an all time low and is just not acceptable. On a (slightly) brighter note, punctuality and the rate of on time trains of those trains which did decide to show up has gone up slightly. How would services into London be if there was a reliability rate of just 58.3%? Re: New timetable punctuality and reliability - Last updated 13th February 2007 - 905/3905 Written by streety7 on Tuesday, 13th February 2007 Just updated the graphs... sorry for the almost 1 month gap... I'm pleased to announce that for February, reliabiliity is currently up at 96.3% Re: New timetable punctuality and reliability - Last updated 18th March 2007 - 905/4377 Written by streety7 on Sunday, 18th March 2007 Sorry it has been so long since I've updated these graphs. This topic was a little dusty as I have been very busy, but I've found a few free moments and have updated them. There ARE signs of IMPROVEMENT: - only 1 cancellation throughout the whole of February - Punctuality is gradually improving - There are more on time trains than ever since the new timetable started - Nearly 1 in 2 trains are on time so far in March, compared with under 1 in 5 back in December Does anyone agree with me? February Raw Data: A total of 70 trains were monitored. 69 of these ran (98.6% reliability). 17 of these were on time (24.6% on time). 55 out of 70 departed within 5 minutes late (79.7% punctuality). Between 1st and 28th February, of trains which were monitored: The 0644 service was cancelled 1 time The 0717 service was cancelled 0 times The 1908 service was cancelled 0 times The 1950 service was cancelled 0 times Total 1 Cancellation Re: New timetable punctuality and reliability - Last updated 18th March 2007 - 905/4967 Written by streety7 on Monday, 23rd April 2007 Sorry for the lack of updates for the last month... I have (as ever) been busy and am trying to fit things in. Have also had a virus which has decided to delete a lot of lets say, big things. I've cleared it now though and thankfully my internet hasn't been deleted (yet), so will update the graphs and statistics for March within the next few days - if my PC is still alive that is... Chris link to index of articles |
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Save the Train was the campaign to bring an approriate train service back to and through Melksham. Most big contributors are still around writing at the Coffee shop forum where new members are very welcome. The train has been saved - sort of - we have stepped back up from an unusable service to a poorish one but it's doing very well. We did that through setting up the TransWilts Community Rail Partnership. That fulfilled its early objectives; it has been taken over by local and regional government types who are now doing medium and long term work. The team from this forun can also be found at the Melksham Rail User Group (which was the Melksham Rail Development Group at the time these articles were written and we had no users. We mustn't loose sight, though, that the train service remains poor and needs our community support in marketing and campaigning to keep it going in a positive direction ... and all the more so when we're expecting to find a different normallity once we get out of the Coronavirus Pandemic and head for zero carbon via the climate crisis. Yes, it's saved ... it's now a key community facility ... the need for enhancement and the strong and near-universal local support remain, and the rail industry and goverment remain slow to move and provide the enhancements even to level us up with other towns. Please support the Melksham Rail User Group - now very much in partnership rather than protest with the rail industry and local government, including GWR, TransWilts and unitary and town councils. And please use the trains and buses, and cycle and walk when you can. -- Graham Ellis, (webmaster), February 2021 | |||
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