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Title: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: Red Squirrel on October 16, 2018, 20:11:02
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TEMPLE MEADS RANKED ONE OF WORST STATIONS IN UK FOR PUNCTUALITY

Almost six out of every ten trains at Bristol Temple Meads have ran late or were cancelled since the beginning of this year.

It makes Brunel’s historic station the fourth worst in the UK for punctuality according to a new study from Which?

To find the stations with the most delayed or cancelled services, Which? used data from rail-performance tracking site On Time Trains.

Read on: Bristol 24/7 (https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/temple-meads-ranked-one-worst-stations-uk-punctuality/)



Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: Phantom on October 17, 2018, 08:54:54
Already being discussed here http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=19188.570;topicseen


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: grahame on October 17, 2018, 09:50:50
Already being discussed here http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=19188.570;topicseen

Yes ... though "Bristol Commuters" is more logical - the thread mentioned above has been hijacked (by me, as it was in the TransWilts area) to come up with comparative figures there which make Temple Meads look excellent.

Please carry on general discussions here - in Bristol Commuters - of the Bristol issues.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45864908

Rail passengers have been delayed on more than half of all services from 10 of Britain's busiest stations this year, research has found.

Manchester Oxford Road took the "undesirable crown" of performing worst, according to Which?

It found York, Gatwick Airport and Birmingham New Street all saw less than 40% of trains arrive on time.

A rail commuter in London said people face "a daily battle simply to get from A to B".

Which? said even small delays could have "a knock-on effect" on passengers' ability to complete their journey.

The consumer group looked at services at the 10 busiest stations in London and the 20 busiest outside the capital from the start of January until the end of September.

Dire knock-on effects
Using data from performance tracking site On Time Trains, the group found 68% of services were delayed at Manchester Oxford Road, rising to 77% during peak times.

The city's two largest stations, Piccadilly and Victoria, also suffered a high percentage of late services.

A Which? spokesman said the "timetable chaos earlier this year", caused by the implementation of new schedules by train operator Northern, had had "dire knock-on effects for [Manchester] passengers' personal and professional lives".

The data also showed the percentage of service cancellations at each station.

London King's Cross saw the highest rate of cancellations - 6% - while Manchester Oxford Road and Gatwick Airport were once again among the worst performing.

Highest percentage of delayed services

Manchester Oxford Road - 68%
York - 65%
Gatwick Airport and Birmingham New Street - 60%
Bristol Temple Meads 58%
Manchester Piccadilly - 56%
Clapham Junction and Sheffield - 54%
Manchester Victoria - 51%
Woking - 50%

Highest percentage of cancellations
London King's Cross - 6%
Manchester Oxford Road, Gatwick Airport, Cambridge - 5%
Bristol Temple Meads, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Victoria, Edinburgh Waverley, London Bridge, London Paddington, London St Pancras - 4%



Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: Red Squirrel on October 17, 2018, 12:20:46
Can't help thinking Which's measure of 'at least a minute late' is unhelpful. Statistically, departure times must be distributed about a norm, and as trains really can't (well, shouldn't) leave early this norm must be after the scheduled departure time. I start to get edgy when trains are more than 3 minutes late, but anything better than that is as close to 'on time' as makes no odds isn't it?


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: simonw on October 18, 2018, 09:46:46
Having been to Japan, I can wish that Network Rail where as punctual.

Looking at your phone, and feeling the train move at 2-3s past the expected minute ...

Seriously, from a UK POV, I do expect trains or information systems to be punctual. If a train is late, the systems should tell you.

Also, if a train has missed its slot and is going to be bumped behind another another it should tell you. The nunber of times I have boarded a local train, and had to wait whilst a late Cross Country train arrives, and on few occasions the local train has had to wait for the next Cross Country Train (ref Bristol Temple Meads, 1600 CC, 16:15 Local stopping Service to Bristol Parkway, 16:30 CC).


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: paul7575 on October 18, 2018, 10:23:04
How often have I seen latecomers being invited to board well after the dispatch process has started. 

Rail discussion groups are full of tales from people who think they should be able to board until the last second.  The “doors will be closed 30s or 40s before departure” routine is regularly criticised.

Presumably in Japan people are organised enough to not be late, and here people want turn up and go whenever...

Paul


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: grahame on October 18, 2018, 10:35:09
How often have I seen latecomers being invited to board well after the dispatch process has started. 

Rail discussion groups are full of tales from people who think they should be able to board until the last second.  The “doors will be closed 30s or 40s before departure” routine is regularly criticised.

Presumably in Japan people are organised enough to not be late, and here people want turn up and go whenever...

Paul

Logic for any piece of public transport would be to publish the schedule as it relates to the passenger.

Thus for a train - the time of the doors closing. For a ferry, the time of last boarding, etc.  It seems perverse to me that public timetables give internal working times - when the wheels start to turn or the ferry starts to move off the berth having been secured, and the member of public using the service is expected to do a calculation / make an allowance.


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: Red Squirrel on October 18, 2018, 13:00:28
...had to wait whilst a late Cross Country train arrives, and on few occasions the local train has had to wait for the next Cross Country Train (ref Bristol Temple Meads, 1600 CC, 16:15 Local stopping Service to Bristol Parkway, 16:30 CC).

We can hope that the requadrification of Filton Bank might help with this problem...


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: sikejsudjek3 on October 18, 2018, 15:20:46
Actually late trains would be an improvement on non existent ones !  ::)


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: paul7575 on October 18, 2018, 17:16:28
How often have I seen latecomers being invited to board well after the dispatch process has started. 

Rail discussion groups are full of tales from people who think they should be able to board until the last second.  The “doors will be closed 30s or 40s before departure” routine is regularly criticised.

Presumably in Japan people are organised enough to not be late, and here people want turn up and go whenever...

Paul

Logic for any piece of public transport would be to publish the schedule as it relates to the passenger.

Thus for a train - the time of the doors closing. For a ferry, the time of last boarding, etc.  It seems perverse to me that public timetables give internal working times - when the wheels start to turn or the ferry starts to move off the berth having been secured, and the member of public using the service is expected to do a calculation / make an allowance.
I don’t think it would make any difference in today’s society.  Individuals would still try and push it to the limit during whatever time was allowed between publicised time and the real departure departure time.  They’d still jam doors open for their mate just the same.  Rules and ‘normal routines’ are seen as just for the other people.

Paul


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: Red Squirrel on October 18, 2018, 18:12:57
I don’t think it would make any difference in today’s society.  Individuals would still try and push it to the limit during whatever time was allowed between publicised time and the real departure departure time.  They’d still jam doors open for their mate just the same.  Rules and ‘normal routines’ are seen as just for the other people.

We're not talking about people who arrive late, though, or those who wedge doors. We're talking about people who arrive in time and are then denied access.


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: eightonedee on October 18, 2018, 21:50:16
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Quote from: paul7755 on Today at 05:16:28 pm
I don’t think it would make any difference in today’s society.  Individuals would still try and push it to the limit during whatever time was allowed between publicised time and the real departure departure time.  They’d still jam doors open for their mate just the same.  Rules and ‘normal routines’ are seen as just for the other people.

We're not talking about people who arrive late, though, or those who wedge doors. We're talking about people who arrive in time and are then denied access.

Absolutely! Anyone who is on a platform at 19-28-30 when doors are closed on the 19-29 departure is entitled to feel hard done by, especially if they are not a regular passenger and have not seen the signs about earlier locking of doors. It's also infuriating for those of us who arrive at 19-28-30 because they were delayed by a late running incoming "connecting" service of the same TOC (welcome to my world!).

An advertised departure time must be the doors closed time, not the wheels roll time. It is symptomatic of the rail industry's failure to appreciate the passenger's point of view.


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: Fourbee on October 20, 2018, 08:53:01
On a similar note... late advertised platform calls:
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/train-passengers-forced-to-sprint-by-late-platform-calls-zsfpkj379

On a recent journey from Euston to Glasgow, I was tipped off the platform number by text message a few minutes before the station boards/online sources were updated (I had a reservation on the next service). I had booked via the Virgin Trains website (not sure if others would do it).


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: johnneyw on October 23, 2018, 22:16:34
Not quite on topic but there was an evacuation of Temple Meads today according to the Bristol Evening Post, link below.
Looks like a false alarm but better save than sorry.

Mods, feel free to move if you think appropriate.

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/bristol-temple-meads-railway-station-2138580


Title: Re: Temple Meads ranked one of the worst stations in UK for punctuality
Post by: Phantom on October 24, 2018, 12:21:53
I don’t think it would make any difference in today’s society.  Individuals would still try and push it to the limit during whatever time was allowed between publicised time and the real departure departure time.  They’d still jam doors open for their mate just the same.  Rules and ‘normal routines’ are seen as just for the other people.

We're not talking about people who arrive late, though, or those who wedge doors. We're talking about people who arrive in time and are then denied access.

I got off a crosscountry service last Thursday back from Leeds to Temple Meads, my connection was on the same platform (12) so was stood watching people get on and off.
First class was in the rear, I was amazed that the train manager was stopping people from getting on the door she was stood beside waiting to despatch so that these people could walk through to standard class.
She even phsyically blocked an elderly couple getting on that then missed the train - surely this isn't an actual rule is it?



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