The railway on 3rd September 2026

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3rd September 2026

34,078Trains22,956 carrying passengers
90.8%On timeof those that arrived
1.9 minAverage delayat their last call
727Cancelledplanned ones included
451Part cancelledran for only part of the journey
1,358Never activatedbooked, and never appeared
0Stopped shortdid not reach the last stop

By operator least punctual first

OperatorTrackedOn time LateCancelledPart cancelledAverage delay
Island Line 52 66.7% 16 9 0 8 min
Avanti West Coast 317 67.1% 99 15 1 8.4 min
Gatwick Express 72 74.2% 16 9 2 6 min
Grand Central 20 75% 5 0 0 6.3 min
Eurostar 26 76.9% 6 0 0 3 min
Thameslink 649 78.6% 114 55 62 5.4 min
CrossCountry 280 82.6% 46 11 4 5.3 min
East Midlands Railway 501 83.7% 80 5 6 3.7 min
Southeastern 1,806 84.5% 269 30 44 3.2 min
Elizabeth line 696 84.7% 90 62 45 2.8 min
Southern 1,514 85% 214 44 45 3.3 min
Great Northern 353 85.3% 42 57 11 2.6 min
London North Eastern Railway 200 87.8% 24 3 0 3.8 min
West Midlands Trains 1,320 90.2% 120 58 36 1.8 min
Northern 2,751 90.6% 255 24 26 1.6 min
c2c 352 91% 31 1 6 2.5 min
South Yorkshire Supertram 37 91.9% 3 0 0 1.2 min
Great Western Railway 1,722 92.5% 125 33 13 1.5 min
South Western Railway 1,613 93% 111 13 15 1.4 min
Transport for Wales 1,083 94.3% 55 81 36 1.2 min
TransPennine Express 321 94.5% 17 7 5 1.3 min
London Overground 1,604 95.1% 75 37 35 1.2 min
Chiltern Railways 351 95.1% 17 1 1 1.2 min
London Underground 196 96.4% 5 56 0 0.1 min
Greater Anglia 1,309 96.5% 44 29 36 0.5 min
Heathrow Express 152 96.6% 4 35 0 1.8 min
Merseyrail 624 98.5% 9 3 8 0.1 min
ScotRail 2,272 98.7% 29 18 13 0.4 min
Tyne and Wear Metro 87 100% 0 0 0 0.1 min

Punctuality

TrainsRan ArrivedOn time Average delay
Long distance (10 min) 6,132 6,131 89.4% 3.4 min
Other (5 min) 15,183 15,183 91.4% 1.3 min

Cancellations

KindTrains Share
Attributed 594 81.7%
Unexplained 91 12.5%
Reported by Darwin 31 4.3%
Planned 11 1.5%

Why most common first

ReasonCode Share
Train cancelled at FOC request or planned not to run FL 19.3% (328)
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 13.8% (234)
Exclusion commercially agreed and documented between Network Rail and Train Operator PL 9.4% (160)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 6.2% (106)
Delays incurred on non-Network Rail running lines or networks including London Underground TX 5.3% (90)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 4.9% (83)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 2.9% (49)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 2.7% (45)
Signal failure (including no fault found) IA 2.5% (42)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 2.3% (39)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 1.9% (32)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 1.5% (25)
Planned underpowered or shortformed service or vehicle MS 1.4% (24)
Driver TG 1.4% (24)
Track defects other than rail defects IS 1.1% (19)
Brake and brake system faults including wheel flats MN 1.1% (19)
Brake and brake system faults including wheel flats MN 1.1% (18)
Cancellation of a duplicate or erroneous schedule or an identified duplicate, false or erroneous delay PJ 0.9% (16)
Track defects other than rail defects IS 0.9% (15)
Confirmed Pantograph ADD, shoe beam or associated system faults M1 0.9% (15)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 0.9% (15)
WTT Schedule or LTP process including incorrect simplifiers QA 0.8% (14)
Depot operating problem MU 0.8% (13)
Other Passenger Train Operating Company causes TZ 0.6% (11)
Points failure (including no fault found) IB 0.6% (10)
Other FOC causes including mishaps FZ 0.5% (9)
Train Describer/Panel/ARS/SSI/TDM/Remote Control failure IF 0.5% (9)
Broken/cracked/twisted/buckled/flawed rail IR 0.5% (9)
Signalling functional power supply failure IE 0.5% (9)
Time lost en-route believed to be Operator cause and information required from Operator TO 0.5% (8)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 0.5% (8)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.5% (8)
Driver TG 0.4% (7)
Signal failure (including no fault found) IA 0.4% (7)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 0.4% (7)
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 0.4% (7)
Broken/cracked/twisted/buckled/flawed rail IR 0.4% (6)
Cutting or embankment earthslip, rock fall or subsidence IV 0.4% (6)
Diesel loco failure, defect, attention MC 0.4% (6)
Door and Door system faults M7 0.3% (5)

All trains in the network

StateAll Passenger
Arrived 28,351 21,793
Planned 2,672 64
Cancelled 1,697 696
Never activated 1,358 403