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> take hundreds of trains a year giving lots of opportunities to get delayed, The problem isn't taking lots of trains. The problem is N. About 20-50% of the tr
by SilverBirch 4y ago
> take hundreds of trains a year giving lots of opportunities to get delayed,
The problem isn't taking lots of trains. The problem is N. About 20-50% of the trains I take are delayed, and another 20% are overcrowded due to... previously delayed or cancelled trains. If N is <10 that just menas I'm unlucky. If n > 200, that means I'm paying >£5000 a year for trains that don't work.
- michaelt 4y agoI based that on [1] which says in "2021-22 Q2" nationwide, 3.4% cancellations of trains were cancelled, 74.3% were within 1 minute of their scheduled arrival time, 90% were within 3 minutes and 98.9% were within 15 minutes. Which is obviously far from perfect - but good enough that a holidaymaker visiting the UK has a good chance of not encountering any severely delayed trains. [1] https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/popular-statistics/how-many-trains-arrive-on-time/ https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/popular-statistics/how-many-tr...