Map reveals England’s WORST practice station with as much as 217,000 journeys cancelled final 12 months alone – the place does yours rank?

RAIL passengers in England are being proven how typically trains are cancelled and delayed at particular person stations for the primary time.

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander mentioned the coverage heralds “a brand new period of rail accountability”.

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A platform at Manchester Piccadilly practice station[/caption]

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The departures board at Victoria station, London, displaying cancelled and delayed trains[/caption]

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Cancelled practice companies at Brighton railway station in East Sussex[/caption]

Efficiency knowledge produced by regulator the Workplace of Rail and Highway is now obtainable for greater than 1,700 stations.

Digital screens at main stations are displaying the statistics, whereas the data for smaller stations is accessible to view on-line by scanning QR codes.

The screens additionally present data on work operators and Community Rail are doing of their space to enhance efficiency.

Prepare reliability throughout Britain is at a report low, with the equal of multiple in 25 companies cancelled within the 12 months to February 1.

Ms Alexander mentioned: “At present marks the start of a brand new period of rail accountability.

“These shows are a step in the direction of rebuilding belief with passengers utilizing our railways, as we proceed to sort out the foundation causes of irritating delays and cancellations.

“By elementary rail reform, we’re sweeping away a long time of dysfunctionality – placing passengers first, driving progress by means of connectivity as a part of this Authorities’s Plan for Change.”

Information is accessible for the 14 operators funded by the Division for Transport (DfT), in addition to for different practice firms who’ve agreed it may be displayed.

Evaluation by the PA information company discovered Ealing Broadway in west London was the key station with the worst reliability of companies within the 4 weeks to February 1.

That’s out of the 77 stations with greater than 10,000 scheduled companies in that interval.

The equal of seven.9% of companies at Ealing Broadway – which is utilized by Elizabeth line and Nice Western Railway trains – have been cancelled.

Elizabeth line stations make up seven of the ten worst for cancellations, together with Bond Avenue (7.4%), Farringdon (6.5%) and Paddington (5.6%).

The opposite three stations are all on Merseyside’s Merseyrail community, which has suffered issues with trains being unable to attract electrical energy from the third rail throughout wintry climate.

The very best cancellation rating of any station in England was 22.8% at Ince & Elton in Cheshire, which is without doubt one of the least used within the nation.

It was scheduled to have simply 92 companies through the interval.

Jacqueline Starr, chief government of the Rail Supply Group, which represents operators, mentioned: “We all know how irritating it’s for patrons when their practice is cancelled or delayed.

“By being clear with this knowledge and the optimistic actions we’re taking, it reveals how severe the business is in placing this proper by persevering with to try for enhancements.

“This ship a transparent message to clients the rail sector is dedicated to bettering punctuality and to seek out options to make practice companies extra dependable.”

Natasha Grice, director at watchdog Transport Focus, mentioned: “Passengers inform us they need a dependable, on-time practice service and can welcome enhancements to details about the punctuality of their service and cancellations being shared extra transparently.

“It’s vital that the business makes use of this data to drive up efficiency.”

The DfT is consulting on proposals for the way Nice British Railways will run.

The brand new public sector physique will probably be liable for overseeing practice operations and railway infrastructure.

Proportion of scheduled companies that didn’t name from January 5 to February 1

1. Ince and Elton (Cheshire) – 22.83 per cent (of 92 companies)
2. Gathurst – 16.21 per cent (of 1,592 companies)
3. Earlswood (Surrey) – 11.74 per cent (of two,130 companies)
4. Birchgrove – 11.74 per cent (of 1,457 companies)
5. Rhiwbina – 11.74 per cent (of 1,457 companies)
6. Whitchurch (Cardiff) 11.74 per cent (1,457)
7. Salfords (Surrey) – 11.73 per cent (2,132)
8. Arram – 10.74 per cent (242)
9. Hartlepool – 9.90 per cent (1,566)
10. Ellesmere Port – 9.71 per cent (2,060)
11. Causeland – 9.71 per cent (443)
12. Sandplace – 9.71 per cent (443)
13. St Keyne Wishing Effectively Halt – 9.71 per cent (443)
14. Coombe Junction Halt – 9.68 per cent (93)
15. Looe – 9.66 per cent (704)
16. Foxfield – 9.62 per cent (946)
17. Sunderland – 9.59 per cent (1,554)
18. Bardon Mill – 9.38 per cent (650)
19. Ore – 9.24 per cent (2,533)
20. Homerton – 9.22 per cent (7,372)

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A really busy Waterloo Station throughout rush hour and delayed trains[/caption]

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A Northern Rail practice pulls into Gathurst railway station[/caption]