Passenger rail performance
Quarterly and periodic (4-weekly) statistics on punctuality, reliability and causes of delay for passenger trains operating on the mainline network in Great Britain.
Periodic operational data is supplied to us from Network Rail on a periodic (4-weekly) basis. These data are made available on our data portal as soon as the data are loaded and validated into our systems. The timeframe for publishing these on the data portal is driven by when we receive the data and also when any queries we have on the validity of data are resolved. Therefore, it can take up to 15 working days after period end for the tables to be updated. These data are included in Table 3114, Table 3121, Table 3122, Table 3124, Table 3131, Table 3132, Table 3138, Table 3144, Table 3157, Table 3167, Table 3181, Table 3182, Table 3184 and Table 3194.
Data is shown by financial year quarter: Q1 is April to June; Q2 is July to September; Q3 is October to December; and Q4 is January to March.
For details on how these statistics are compiled, please see our Passenger rail performance quality and methodology report and for information on any revisions, please see our Revisions log.
Data and reports that include previous statistical releases on Passenger and freight rail performance can be found on the National Archives.
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
If you have any questions or feedback on these statistics, please contact rail.stats@orr.gov.uk
Latest statistical release
Passenger rail performance, January to March 2025
Date published: 29 May 2025
Date next published: 11 Sept 2025
Key results
- For the On Time punctuality measure, the percentage of recorded station stops arrived at ‘on time’ (early or less than one minute after the scheduled time) in Great Britain was 68.1% in the latest quarter (1 January to 31 March 2025).
- For the Time to 3 punctuality measure, the percentage of recorded station stops arrived at within three minutes in Great Britain was 85.9% in the latest quarter.
- Using the Public Performance Measure (PPM), 86.8% of trains were punctual (early or less than 5/10 minutes after the scheduled arrival time) at their final destination in the latest quarter.
- The proportion of trains classified as Cancellations in the latest quarter was 3.4%. This measure is a weighted score which counts full cancellations as one and part cancellations as half.
Previous statistical releases
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2024-25
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2023-24
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2022-23
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2021-22
Data tables
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Periodic
- Table 3114a - Public Performance Measure by operator and sector (periodic)
- Table 3114b - Public Performance Measure by operator and sector (moving annual average)
- Table 3121 - Passenger cancellations by Network Rail region (periodic)
- Table 3122 - Passenger cancellations by Network Rail route (periodic)
- Table 3124 - Trains planned and cancellations by operator and cause (periodic)
- Table 3131 - On time at recorded station stops by Network Rail region (periodic)
- Table 3132 - On time at recorded station stops by Network Rail route (periodic)
- Table 3138 - Train punctuality at recorded station stops by operator (periodic)
- Table 3144a - Average passenger lateness by operator and sector (periodic)
- Table 3144b - Average passenger lateness by operator and sector (moving annual average)
- Table 3157a - Days of severe disruption, Great Britain (periodic)
- Table 3157b - Days of severe disruption by sub-operator (periodic)
- Table 3167 - Disaggregated train punctuality and reliability performance by sub-operator (periodic)
- Table 3174 - Consistent Region Measure (Passenger) Performance by Region (periodic)
- Table 3181a - Delay minutes per 1,000 train miles (Total) by Network Rail region (periodic)
- Table 3181b - Delay minutes per 1,000 train miles (Network Rail attributable) by Network Rail region (periodic)
- Table 3181c - Delay minutes per 1,000 train miles (Operator attributable) by Network Rail region (periodic)
- Table 3182a - Delay minutes per 1,000 train miles (Total) by Network Rail route (periodic)
- Table 3182b - Delay minutes per 1,000 train miles (Network Rail attributable) by Network Rail route (periodic)
- Table 3182c - Delay minutes per 1,000 train miles (Operator attributable) by Network Rail route (periodic)
- Table 3184 - Delay minutes by operator and cause (periodic)
- Table 3194a - Cancelled and Significantly Late by operator and sector (periodic)
- Table 3194b - Cancelled and Significantly Late by operator and sector (moving annual average)
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Quarterly