Staffordian
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- 11 Jul 2019
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There seems to have been a dramatic improvement in performance on Northern Rail this week, according to trains.im (see graphic below). For the past five days, ppm has been as follows :
Sun 29/12/19 76.8%
Mon 30/12/19 78.5%
Tue 31/12/19 84.6%
Wed 01/01/19 89.3%
Thu 02/01/19 83.2%
As I write this at 16:15 on Friday, it is running at 89.5%.
In comparison, in the whole of November and December, there were only three other days when ppm exceeded Sunday's 76.8% (03/11 81.8%, 17/11 78.4% and 24/12 80.6%). The 84.6% achieved on New Year's Eve was the highest since 12/10/19, when it was 89.2%.
Why is this ?
Possible reasons I can think of (which may or may not apply) are :
1) New/revised rosters
2) Improved weather conditions after the floods, etc. of November/December
3) Fewer sick days
4) Fewer leave days
5) Fewer training days (either not scheduled or not required)
6) Fewer passengers at peak times and hence fewer passenger-related delays
7) Fewer freight trains on the network and hence less congestion (not to mention fewer TPE trains getting in the way on the Castlefield corridor !!)
8) Software/hardware fixes to 195/331 units addressing problem areas
9) TSR's lifted as a result of engineering work over the holiday
Any suggestions ? Whatever it is, Northern need to try and recreate these conditions on a regular basis !
Sun 29/12/19 76.8%
Mon 30/12/19 78.5%
Tue 31/12/19 84.6%
Wed 01/01/19 89.3%
Thu 02/01/19 83.2%
As I write this at 16:15 on Friday, it is running at 89.5%.
In comparison, in the whole of November and December, there were only three other days when ppm exceeded Sunday's 76.8% (03/11 81.8%, 17/11 78.4% and 24/12 80.6%). The 84.6% achieved on New Year's Eve was the highest since 12/10/19, when it was 89.2%.
Why is this ?
Possible reasons I can think of (which may or may not apply) are :
1) New/revised rosters
2) Improved weather conditions after the floods, etc. of November/December
3) Fewer sick days
4) Fewer leave days
5) Fewer training days (either not scheduled or not required)
6) Fewer passengers at peak times and hence fewer passenger-related delays
7) Fewer freight trains on the network and hence less congestion (not to mention fewer TPE trains getting in the way on the Castlefield corridor !!)
8) Software/hardware fixes to 195/331 units addressing problem areas
9) TSR's lifted as a result of engineering work over the holiday
Any suggestions ? Whatever it is, Northern need to try and recreate these conditions on a regular basis !