{"id":42970,"date":"2021-12-23T20:00:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T20:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=42970"},"modified":"2021-12-23T18:15:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T18:15:38","slug":"punctuality-and-reliability-falls-on-metrolink-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.britishtramsonline.co.uk\/news\/?p=42970","title":{"rendered":"Punctuality and reliability falls on Metrolink"},"content":{"rendered":"

The now quarterly release of performance statistics on Manchester Merolink has shown that from the high of period 6 (ending mid-September) the last three four week periods (taking us from 19th<\/sup> September to 11th<\/sup> December) have seen a fall in both punctuality and reliability \u2013 with some lines seemingly hitting new lows of punctuality in particular.<\/p>\n

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Punctuality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Percentage of trams departing less than 2 minutes late<\/em><\/p>\n

Period 6 (August\/September) \u2013 87.1%<\/p>\n

Period 7 (September\/October) \u2013 84.4%<\/p>\n

Period 8 (October\/November) \u2013 85.9%<\/p>\n

Period 9 (November\/December) \u2013 84.8%<\/p>\n

The individual line stats for the final period show:<\/p>\n

Highest performing line: Altrincham \u2013 93.7%<\/p>\n

Lowest performing line: Eccles \u2013 72.9%<\/p>\n

Reliability<\/strong><\/p>\n

Percentage of planned miles operated<\/em><\/p>\n

Period 6 (August\/September) \u2013 97.4%<\/p>\n

Period 7 (September\/October) \u2013 96.0%<\/p>\n

Period 8 (October\/November) \u2013 96.7%<\/p>\n

Period 9 (November\/December) \u2013 95.2%<\/p>\n

The individual line stats for the final period show:<\/p>\n

Highest performing line: Bury \u2013 97.9%<\/p>\n

Lowest performing line: East Didsbury \u2013 87.8%<\/p>\n

In addition there were 2.89% of all planned journeys cancelled and 0.38% of planned journeys were recorded as being incomplete.<\/p>\n