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Written question asked by Harry Cohen (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 February 1997. It was answered by John Watts (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 February 1997 on behalf of the Department of Transport.


Dept of Transport

Question
If he will list (a) the number and (b) the percentage of trains cancelled on each of the former Network SouthEast lines in each four week period since December 1995. - Information for the number of franchised services cancelled is not currently available. Available information for British Rail services and for the percentage of franchised services cancelled is in the tables.
Answer

Mr. Cohen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (a) the number and (b) the percentage of trains cancelled on each of the former Network SouthEast lines in each four week period since December 1995. [15963] Mr. Watts: Information for the number of franchised services cancelled is not currently available. Available information for British Rail services and for the percentage of franchised services cancelled is in the tables. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Trains p10 p11 p12 p13 p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 cancelled (BR) 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 Chiltern 17 17 35 5 12 15 33 15 franchised Great Eastern 64 121 150 44 43 25 131 29 32 23 54 33 93 Isle of 8 5 23 8 2 20 19 10 2 13 3 franchis Wight ed London Tilbury and Southend 201 68 95 83 57 47 franchised Northampton 38 20 36 32 20 11 43 21 52 20 23 124 21 Lines North London Lines data not available Kent Coast 103 83 131 96 71 47 89 45 51 51 118 franchis ed Kentlink 174 178 267 259 163 128 245 134 115 175 202 -- -- South London Lines 63 80 107 67 38 49 franchised Sussex Coast 44 55 105 33 24 54 franchised Solent and Wessex (main line) 52 46 franchised South Western Lines (suburban) 157 66 franchised Thames 221 352 321 159 132 37 133 91 106 97 108 franchis ed Thameslink 116 90 84 45 28 28 70 175 79 47 66 64 79 Great Northern 174 80 138 62 144 42 54 48 51 159 221 222 50 West Anglia 203 104 114 52 33 33 251 81 26 48 38 82 63 North London 528 290 708 393 230 170 192 211 237 86 193 95 138 Orbital Watford Locals 65 41 76 37 17 13 59 67 81 90 20 56 55 Percentage p10 p11 p12 p13 p1 p2 p3 p4 p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 cancelled (BR) 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1995-96 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 1996-97 Chiltern 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.3 franchised Great Eastern 0.6 0.9 1.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.8 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.7 Isle of 0.5 0.3 1.4 0.5 0.1 1.1 1.1 0.6 0.1 0.7 0.2 franchis Wight ed London Tilbury and Southend 3.6 1.0 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.7 franchised Northampton 1.3 0.5 1.1 1.1 0.7 0.3 1.0 0.5 1.3 0.5 0.5 2.8 0.5 Lines North London Lines data not available Kent Coast 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.9 franchis ed Kentlink 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 0.9 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.9 franchis ed South London Lines 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 franchised Sussex Coast 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.4 franchised Solent and Wessex (main line) 0.6 0.4 franchised South Western Lines (suburban) 1.2 0.4 franchised Thames 1.8 2.3 2.1 1.0 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 franchis ed Thameslink 2.5 1.6 1.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 1.3 3.1 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.4 Great Northern 2.3 0.9 1.6 0.7 1.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 1.9 2.4 2.4 0.5 West Anglia 2.4 1.0 1.2 0.5 0.4 0.3 2.6 0.8 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.6 North London 10.3 4.5 14.8 6.1 4.0 2.8 3.2 3.3 3.7 1.7 3.5 2.0 3.2 Orbital Watford Locals 2.8 1.3 2.5 1.5 0.6 0.5 2.2 2.4 2.9 3.5 0.7 2.0 2.0 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Percentage of franchised services cancelled _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1995-96 1996-97 percentage percentage Train operator Route P12 P13 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 Group South West Main 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 1 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.5 1 Trains Line Suburba 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.2 1.4 0.4 1.4 n Connex South South -- -- -- -- 5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.9 Central London Lines Sussex -- -- -- -- 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.9 0.8 3 Coast LTS Rail -- -- -- -- 1.5 1.3 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.6 2.6 Chiltern -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.2 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.2 South Eastern Kent -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.5 0.8 0.9 Link Kent -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1.3 1.4 Coast Thames -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0.7 0.7 1.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
290 c489-92W; 15963
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Travel Railways Standards South East Network SouthEast
Contains statistics
Yes