Capacity on Britain’s rail network increases

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New statistics published today on the regulator’s data portal show that capacity on key parts of Britain’s rail network has increased over the past year.

Data shows that the total amount of timetabled train kilometres increased by 1.3% in the third quarter of 2011-12 (1 October to 31 December) compared to the same quarter in 2010-11.

The data shows that London Overground timetabled train km increased by 25.1%, due to more services running on the East London line.

East Coast’s timetabled train km increased by 9.3%, as the introduction of a new timetable during 2011-12 increased the number of services.

Chiltern’s timetabled train km increased by 6.1% , with the introduction of the new ‘Mainline’ timetable during 2011-12.

3 COMMENTS

  1. It would be of more interest if the statistics included the number of seat km. Train km is dependant on the number of seats on each train which can vary from seventy something to several hundreds.

  2.  Indeed. Capacity is based on the number of trains a route can cope with an hour and is a theoretical calculation. The article talks about increase level of service.

    It just goes to prove how daft the rail industry is currently. Yes, as a consumer, I am having to pay more (~20% increase in the past three years) for what is a reduced service (three years ago) so TOCs can hit their charter minutes and “improve” the service!

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