The latest two sets of Manchester Metrolink performance figures have now been released and they both show a small dip in trams running on time falling from the 90.5% of the previous period we reported on to 90% and then 89.25%. This is the lowest percentage for some time but there doesn\u2019t seem to be any particular big reason for this fall with just a number of small incidents combining.<\/p>\n
The two periods being reviewed are 13th<\/sup> October to 9th<\/sup> November (period 8) and 10th<\/sup> November to 9th<\/sup> December (period 9) and as we have come to expect there are varying experiences on each line during these periods.<\/p>\n Looking at the punctuality and at least this shows some consistency as the Altrincham line was the top performer in both periods with 95.3% on trams on time in period 8 and 95.1% in period 9 and the Eccles line was at the other end of the scale with 86.5% (period 8) and 85% (period 9).<\/p>\n There were also extra cancellations in period 9 with 0.41% recorded in period 8 rising to 0.55% in the latter four weeks. The number of journeys running short were also on the up rising from 0.45% to 0.56%.<\/p>\n Its more of a positive picture for reliability (that\u2019s the percentage of planned miles which operated) as it has now remained at 99.1% for three periods in a row. In both periods under review all lines were around the same figure with the lowest of either period being the Ashton line in period 9 which had a figure of 98.1%. Interestingly the Ashton ended up bottom in both periods, albeit with a slightly different figure.<\/p>\n The reports also give the usual details of reasons for potential poor performance and this time around includes:<\/p>\n * 16th, 17th October, 5th<\/sup>, 7th November: Staff shortages<\/p>\n * 17th, 19th, 27th, 29th October, 21st<\/sup>, 25th<\/sup> November, 4th<\/sup> December: infrastructure failures<\/p>\n * 23rd October: network wide communications fault<\/p>\n * 26th October, 8th November: vehicles blocking the tracks<\/p>\n * 21st October, 4th, 7th November, 1st<\/sup> December: Road traffic collision<\/p>\n * You can read the full reports on the TfGM website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The latest two sets of Manchester Metrolink performance figures have now been released and they both show a small dip in trams running on time falling from the 90.5% of the previous period we reported on to 90% and then … Continue reading