Rail Performance Up

in Trains by Jon C — May 12, 2010 at 5:48 pm | 3 comments

Rail performance on Auckland’s lines, lifted in March, continues to rise but has some way to go.

The Easter rail improvements, which included the new Grafton station, double tracking there, and timetable adjustsments have helped the Western Line performance for April to be Punctuality: 72.7%.

But let’s not forget, in February it was a woeful 46.8%.

Service delivery for the Western Line was  97.7% and average for the past 12 months for performance was 75%.

The other lines:

Southern: Punctuality: 86.3%, Service Delivery: 99.0%

Eastern: Punctuality: 83.5%, Service delivery: 97.7%

Problems during April:

• Train breakdowns and faults resulted in 71 services being cancelled
• Track and signaling problems resulted in 6 services being cancelled
• Other issues resulted in 13 service cancellations during the month

Significant problems:

• A KiwiRail signal failure at Newmarket on April 6 affecting 25 services causing 210 delay minutes
• A signal operational issue at Britomart on April 27 causing 464 delay minutes affecting 55 services

Tags: Eastern line Maxx Newmarket rail performance signals Southern Line Timetables Veolia Western line