Network Rail regulation and performance

National train performance ticks up to 93%

07.05.13: National train performance was at 93% for period 1, Network Rail has announced. The latest PPM covers the period from April 1 to 27 and compares to 93.3% for the same period last year. It is an improvement on period 13, when PPM stood at 91...

Network Rail Consulting to advise Amtrak

03.05.13: Network Rail’s global consultancy arm has been invited to join Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor (NEC) Partner Forum, to share their experience of rail infrastructure. Membership will allow Network Rail to share best practice internat...

Long-term planning for London and South East

25.04.13: A new Network Rail study explores the wider role travel will play in the economy 10 to 30 years in the future. It covers rail services in London and the South East and recommends how investment should be focused for the period covering 2019-2014...

PPM nudges up to 91.4% for period 13

05.04.13: National train performance for period 13 is at 91.4%, the latest figures show. The data covers the period from March 3 – March 31 and compares to 93.4% for the same period last year. The Moving Annual Average (MAA) is now at 90.9%. PP...

Improving railway performance for the passenger

01.04.13: The Office of Rail Regulation’s (ORR’s) new director of railway performance, Alan Price, formerly the rail division infrastructure director at FirstGroup, speaks to RTM about how Network Rail and the operators handle severe weather...

c2c holds onto top spot as train performance jumps to 91%

11.03.13: National Train Performance was at 91% for period 12, new figures show. This is up from 87.3% on period 11 – which saw a lot of severe weather – but is down slightly on the same period last year, when the figure was 91.6%. The da...

Railway resilience ‘deteriorating’ in bad weather – ORR

20.02.13: Network Rail must do more to improve the resilience of Britain’s railways in bad weather, the ORR has stated. The latest Monitor – the quarterly analysis of Network Rail performance – found that while performance is strong...

PPM at 87.3%

13.02.13: National train performance is at 87.3% for period 11, new figures show. This is down from 88.2% for period 10. Network Rail data from 6 January – 2 February found that the moving annual average (MAA) is now at 91.1%. The best per...

Minister visits York railway development site

17.01.13: The busiest of Network Rail’s 14 planned Rail Operating Centres, at York, and the city’s new Workforce Development Centre got ministerial blessing yesterday as Simon Burns MP paid a visit. The rail minister also cut the ribbon t...

Network Rail’s £37.5bn spending plans for CP5

08.01.13: Network Rail has submitted its strategic business plan to the ORR, detailing its plans to spend £37.5bn running and expanding the railway over the next control period covering the five years to 2019. The plan follows the publication o...

A depot for Derby

01.01.13: Network Rail’s East Midlands route managing director Martin Frobisher explains the work behind a new rail maintenance depot planned at Derby. A new maintenance centre is being planned in Derby at Pride Park to support the electrifica...

PPM falls to 85.3%

20.12.12: National train performance fell to 85.3% in period 9, Network Rail has announced. The data covers the period from November 11 – December 8 and compares to 88.4% for the same period last year. PPM is significantly lower than in period...

ORR calls for passenger information boost

14.12.12: Passenger information still needs improvement, the ORR’s latest report shows. The assessment took place nine months after the TOCs and Network Rail signed up to ORR’s obligations for appropriate, accurate and timely information....

ORR report shows Network Rail adrift of targets

06.12.12: Network Rail is improving its performance on punctuality, but is still short of its targets, a new analysis from the ORR shows. The quarterly report covers the period between July 22 and October 13, and highlights how Network Rail is collab...

PPM at 88.9% for period 8

26.11.12: National train performance has fallen sharply for period 8, new figures from Network Rail show. PPM for October 14 – November 10 was 88.9%, down from 92.3% in the previous period and 89.3% in the same period last year. The moving annu...