Although new train reliability is still lagging behind, New Train TIN-watch finds incident response is faring better
Not that much to report this month. Hitachi and Siemens continue to fill the top spots. With the Class 385 improving steadily, I am going to have to formalise a ‘graduation’ level of reliability when a fleet becomes established.
I reckon 50,000 MTIN MAA feels about right, but other suggestions will be considered. For reference, Southeastern’s Hitachi Class 395s are on 58,500 MTIN MAA. Scope for some intra-depot needle there.
One item of note is that the reduced timetables introduced with the Covid-19 lockdown have shown up in the fleet mileage statistics. Compared with Period 13 2019-20, mileage is down by one-third in Period 1 2020-21. In addition, the Hull Trains Class 802s and West Midlands Trains Class 230s drop out, as neither were used during the period concerned.
Theoretically, reduced availability should provide the opportunity to accelerate reliability improvement campaigns. We shall see.
DELAYS
Each month I try to add value to the raw data with analysis of the performance of the new train fleets. This month I have looked at delays.
Table 7 (below) shows the delay minutes incurred …
