Track Record 27, April to June 2006 - Public Transport Victoria

Track RecordVictoria’s Public Transport ServicesFigures 38 to 42 show monthly cancellations for metropolitan tram services for the financial year 2005–06.During 2005–06, average cancellations for the tram network (at 0.3 per cent) were well below the 1998–99 average(1.5 per cent). Across the network, most routes showed excellent and consistent levels of reliability over the year. Theexceptions to this were the Kew and Camberwell depot services which showed fluctuations in reliability levels, despitetheir overall positive performance for the year.Route 82 (Essendon depot) services were disrupted by police operations on 15 December 2005 which impacted thereliability measure for that month.Route 78/79 (Glenhuntly depot) – which is operated W-class trams in an area of congested traffic – was the only route torecord reliability levels significantly below the 2005–06 metropolitan tram average, with inconsistent reliability throughoutthe year. Despite this, reliability on this route was better than the 1998–99 average.Figure 38. Metropolitan tram cancellations by route – Brunswick and Essendon depots3.0Percentage of services cancelled2.52.01.51.00.5119555759822005-06 Met. tramaverage1998-99 Averageperformance0.0Jul-05Aug-05Sep-05Oct-05Nov-05Dec-05Jan-06Feb-06Mar-06Apr-06May-06Jun-06Figure 39. Metropolitan tram cancellations by route – Preston and Southbank depots3.02.586Percentage of services cancelled2.01.51.00.5961122005-06 Met. tramaverage1998-99 Averageperformance0.0Jul-05Aug-05Sep-05Oct-05Nov-05Dec-05Jan-06Feb-06Mar-06Apr-06May-06Jun-0639