Track Record 42, January to March 2010 - Public Transport Victoria

Figure 1 On-time performance for trains, trams and buses as a percentage of services run,
March quarter 2009 to March quarter 2010*
Percentage of services running on time
100
90
80
70
60
50
Jan–Mar 2009 Apr–Jun 2009 Jul–Sep 2009
Metropolitan buses
Metropolitan trams – average over route
Metropolitan trams – at destination
V/Line Passenger trains
Metropolitan trains
Oct–Dec 2009 Jan–Mar 2010
*On-time figures for metropolitan trains and trams in the table above are based on the new punctuality measure.
2.2 Reliability
Please note: reliability outcomes for metropolitan trains and trams discussed in the text below are based
on the revised measures introduced under the new franchise contracts, that is, percentage of timetable not
delivered. See the Glossary for more information on the new reliability measures. Details of the results for
both the previous and current measurements appear in Table 2.
Metropolitan trains Metropolitan Trams V/Line Passenger trains Metropolitan buses
A total of 1.5 per cent of
the timetable was not
delivered in the March
quarter 2010. This is
an increase on the
December quarter result
(1.2 per cent) but is
significantly better than
the March quarter 2009
(3.0 per cent).
A total of 0.9 per cent
of the timetable was not
delivered in the March
quarter 2010. This is an
increase on the previous
quarter (0.7 per cent)
but lower than the
March quarter 2009
(1.1 per cent).
Network cancellations
in the March quarter
2010 (2.0 per cent)
were higher than the
December quarter
(1.7 per cent) but
lower than the March
quarter 2009 results
(3.5 per cent)
A total of 0.1 per cent of
services was cancelled
in the March quarter
2010. This is consistent
with previous quarters.
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