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Written question asked by Howard Stoate (Labour) on Thursday, 21 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 25 January 2010. It was answered by Chris Mole (Labour) on Wednesday, 27 January 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Railways: Kent

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what information his Department holds on the number of scheduled trains operated by each franchised train operating company serving Kent which (a) were cancelled and (b) arrived late in each of the last five years.
Answer

The information requested is held by Network Rail but is also given in the following table. The table gives the information for each of the last five complete financial years, in relation to Southeastern trains which operates franchised rail passenger services in Kent.

Southeastern
Trains cancelled Trains late at destination
2004-05 7,825 85,078
2005-06 6,341 70,737
2006-07 5,227 60,576
2007-08 5,102 49,592
2008-09 7,326 51,800
Note:
Commuter trains are classified as 'late' if they arrive at destination five or more minutes later than their scheduled arrival time.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
504 c879W; 313428
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Kent Railways
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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