The railway on 23rd August 2026

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23rd August 2026

18,954Trains13,802 carrying passengers
90.8%On timeof those that arrived
1.8 minAverage delayat their last call
584Cancelledplanned ones included
0Part cancelledran for only part of the journey
978Never activatedbooked, and never appeared
1Stopped shortdid not reach the last stop

By operator least punctual first

OperatorTrackedOn time LateCancelledPart cancelledAverage delay
Avanti West Coast 225 56.7% 88 22 0 10.8 min
London North Eastern Railway 164 69.9% 47 8 0 7.2 min
Eurostar 26 79.2% 5 2 0 8.8 min
Southern 968 83.2% 153 55 0 3.6 min
CrossCountry 127 84.2% 6 89 0 3.5 min
East Midlands Railway 292 85.8% 38 24 0 3.7 min
London Underground 202 86.8% 16 81 0 1.6 min
Transport for Wales 672 88.1% 77 24 0 2.6 min
Great Western Railway 909 88.3% 104 22 0 2.1 min
Thameslink 468 89.8% 45 28 0 2.1 min
South Western Railway 1,060 90.2% 103 12 0 2 min
Southeastern 931 90.5% 88 6 0 1.9 min
c2c 109 91.3% 9 5 0 1.5 min
West Midlands Trains 634 91.7% 51 23 0 1.2 min
Northern 1,199 92% 95 16 0 1.1 min
ScotRail 1,132 92.7% 81 19 0 1.4 min
Gatwick Express 72 93.1% 5 0 0 4.2 min
Chiltern Railways 193 93.7% 12 2 0 0.7 min
Great Northern 243 95% 12 5 0 0.8 min
Greater Anglia 858 95.4% 36 81 0 0.4 min
London Overground 1,233 96.4% 43 27 0 0.7 min
TransPennine Express 328 96.9% 10 2 0 0.7 min
Elizabeth line 494 98.4% 8 0 0 0.3 min
Merseyrail 360 98.9% 4 6 0 0.4 min early
Heathrow Express 151 100% 0 6 0 0.9 min early
Tyne and Wear Metro 65 100% 0 6 0 0.4 min early
Island Line 46 100% 0 0 0 0.8 min early
South Yorkshire Supertram 25 100% 0 0 0 0.7 min

Punctuality

TrainsRan ArrivedOn time Average delay
Other (5 min) 9,025 9,024 92.4% 1 min
Long distance (10 min) 3,826 3,826 87% 3.7 min

Stopped short 1

Trains that reported movements and then did not reach the last station they were booked to.

TrainOperator Booked to reach
2U05 SE Brwsusx

Inferred, not reported: TRUST sends no failure event. A train diverted or turned short on purpose looks the same as one that broke down, and neither announces itself. Passenger services only, and only where the train had already started.

Cancellations

KindTrains Share
Attributed 486 83.2%
Planned 69 11.8%
Unexplained 29 5%

Why most common first

ReasonCode Share
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 15.4% (176)
Other Passenger Train Operating Company causes TZ 10.1% (115)
Exclusion commercially agreed and documented between Network Rail and Train Operator PL 9.3% (106)
Train cancelled at FOC request or planned not to run FL 7.8% (89)
Delays incurred on non-Network Rail running lines or networks including London Underground TX 7.4% (85)
Not in the published list PE 6.1% (70)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 5.7% (65)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 4.8% (55)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 2.8% (32)
Track defects other than rail defects IS 2.7% (31)
Track defects other than rail defects IS 2.4% (28)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 1.7% (19)
Fire external to but directly affecting the Network Rail network XL 1.4% (16)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 1.1% (13)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 1% (12)
Driver TG 1% (11)
Broken/cracked/twisted/buckled/flawed rail IR 1% (11)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 1% (11)
Signal failure (including no fault found) IA 0.9% (10)
Train-crew rostering problem TI 0.8% (9)
Broken/cracked/twisted/buckled/flawed rail IR 0.7% (8)
Brake and brake system faults including wheel flats MN 0.7% (8)
Planned underpowered or shortformed service or vehicle MS 0.7% (8)
WTT Schedule or LTP process including incorrect simplifiers QA 0.6% (7)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.6% (7)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 0.6% (7)
Other passenger or external causes the responsibility of TOC VZ 0.6% (7)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 0.5% (6)
Driver TG 0.5% (6)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 0.5% (6)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 0.5% (6)
Other Passenger Train Operating Company causes TZ 0.5% (6)
Fire external to but directly affecting the Network Rail network XL 0.5% (6)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 0.5% (6)
Bridge Strike XP 0.4% (5)
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 0.4% (5)
Exclusion commercially agreed and documented between Network Rail and Train Operator PL 0.4% (5)
Depot operating problem MU 0.4% (5)
Track circuit failure (including no fault found) IC 0.3% (4)
Track circuit failure (including no fault found) IC 0.3% (4)

All trains in the network

StateAll Passenger
Arrived 16,242 12,885
Cancelled 1,144 587
Never activated 978 280
Planned 590 50