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Delay compensation claims

Quarterly statistics containing data on the volume of delay compensation claims made by passengers on rail services within Great Britain and how effectively train operating companies processed these.

For details on how these statistics are compiled, please see our Passenger rail service complaints and delay compensation claims quality and methodology report and for information on any revisions, please see our Revisions log.

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 factsheet

Delay compensation claims periods 1 to 4 (1 April to 20 July 2024)
Delay compensation claims periods 1 to 4 (1 April to 20 July 2024)

Date published: 24 Oct 2024
Date next published: 09 Jan 2025

Key results

  • In rail periods 1 to 4 there were 2.3 million delay compensation claims closed by train operators, an increase of 21% on the same rail periods in the previous year.
  • Overall, 99.3% of delay compensation claims were closed within 20 working days during rail periods 1 to 4 (1 April 2024 to 20 July 2024). This is up from 98.8% in the same rail periods in the previous year.
  • Overall, 82.9% of delay compensation claims closed were approved during rail periods 1 to 4 (1 April 2024 to 20 July 2024). This is up from 79.0% in the same rail periods in the previous year.