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Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Tuesday, 29 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 1 December 2005. It was answered by Derek Twigg (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


C2C Line/One Rail

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many trains on (a) the C2C line and (b) One Rail were cancelled in the last year; and what the reason was for each cancellation.
Answer

The most recent performance summary indicates that the total train cancellations for year to date on C2C stands at 1,451 and ‘One' Railway 6,815.In the last 12 months, punctuality figures for One and C2C were 93.7 per cent. Public Performance Measure (PPM) and 88.1 per cent. PPM respectively. PPM is the industry standard for measuring the proportion of trains arriving on time.Cancellations causation is grouped as follows:

Causation Summary ‘ONE' cancellations C2C cancellations
Depot-related Shunting incident, train preparation failure 3
Operation Planning error, service recovery plan 14
Train crew Lack of driver 225
Fleet Technical fault, EMU availability failure 291
Station Retail related 1
External Weather, fatality 114
Toc-on-Toc Effect of other operators 21
Infrastructure Points Failures 158
Infrastructure Poor Condition of Track/Broken Rail 133
Infrastructure Miscellaneous 5101
Infrastructure Overhead Power Supply 536
Infrastructure Signal Failure 48
Production Network Rail 110
Production Train Planning 71
Engineering Track Engineering Possessions 172
Operations Fatalities 254
Operations Line Side Fires 188
Act of God Weather 44
Infrastructure Network Rail 782
Total 6,815 1,451

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
34256; 440 c2913-4W
Session
2005-06
Related items
Train Operating Companies
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Subjects
Railways Standards c2c (2000-25) One Railway
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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