The railway on 29th August 2026

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29th August 2026

29,116Trains21,330 carrying passengers
91.7%On timeof those that arrived
1.7 minAverage delayat their last call
762Cancelledplanned ones included
367Part cancelledran for only part of the journey
1,304Never activatedbooked, and never appeared
0Stopped shortdid not reach the last stop

By operator least punctual first

OperatorTrackedOn time LateCancelledPart cancelledAverage delay
Avanti West Coast 290 71.4% 79 10 4 8.7 min
CrossCountry 238 76.4% 52 10 8 6.2 min
Eurostar 26 79.2% 5 2 0 3.1 min
Chiltern Railways 210 80.4% 36 15 11 4 min
East Midlands Railway 509 81.9% 87 21 7 3.7 min
Great Northern 316 84.6% 46 13 5 3.1 min
London Underground 189 86.6% 17 62 0 1.5 min
London North Eastern Railway 187 88% 22 4 0 3.7 min
Great Western Railway 1,586 88.5% 171 77 23 2.1 min
TransPennine Express 342 88.6% 35 21 13 2.9 min
Northern 2,745 89.9% 253 178 49 1.8 min
Gatwick Express 73 90.3% 6 8 3 4.7 min
Southern 1,502 91.6% 116 64 58 1.9 min
c2c 296 92.3% 22 6 3 1.6 min
South Western Railway 1,552 92.5% 113 24 28 1.4 min
West Midlands Trains 1,254 92.9% 84 42 23 1.2 min
ScotRail 2,229 93.3% 143 68 33 1.5 min
Southeastern 1,307 93.3% 85 14 15 1.2 min
Transport for Wales 1,016 93.5% 62 26 32 1.2 min
Greater Anglia 1,250 93.6% 79 4 4 0.9 min
Thameslink 560 94% 31 34 12 1.3 min
South Yorkshire Supertram 37 94.6% 2 0 0 0.4 min
London Overground 1,296 96.3% 46 20 17 0.7 min
Elizabeth line 656 96.5% 23 2 1 0.5 min
Tyne and Wear Metro 89 97.4% 2 12 0 0.1 min
Merseyrail 620 98.8% 7 6 10 0.1 min
Heathrow Express 152 100% 0 2 0 on time
Island Line 52 100% 0 0 0 0.4 min early

Punctuality

TrainsRan ArrivedOn time Average delay
Other (5 min) 14,188 14,180 92.8% 0.9 min
Long distance (10 min) 5,574 5,574 88.9% 3.6 min

Cancellations

KindTrains Share
Attributed 688 90.3%
Unexplained 61 8%
Reported by Darwin 8 1%
Planned 5 0.7%

Why most common first

ReasonCode Share
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 12.6% (180)
Train cancelled at FOC request or planned not to run FL 12.4% (176)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 10.3% (146)
Exclusion commercially agreed and documented between Network Rail and Train Operator PL 7.4% (105)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 5.4% (77)
Driver TG 5.3% (76)
Delays incurred on non-Network Rail running lines or networks including London Underground TX 4.2% (60)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 2.3% (33)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 2% (29)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 1.8% (26)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 1.7% (24)
Brake and brake system faults including wheel flats MN 1.6% (23)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 1.5% (21)
Driver TG 1.5% (21)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 1.3% (19)
Brake and brake system faults including wheel flats MN 1.2% (17)
Fire external to but directly affecting the Network Rail network XL 1.2% (17)
Points failure (including no fault found) IB 1.2% (17)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 1.1% (16)
Diesel loco failure, defect, attention MC 1.1% (15)
Other Passenger Train Operating Company causes TZ 0.9% (13)
Planned underpowered or shortformed service or vehicle MS 0.9% (13)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 0.9% (13)
Diesel loco failure, defect, attention MC 0.9% (13)
Road or crossing related incidents including cars on the line XN 0.8% (12)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 0.8% (12)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 0.8% (11)
Track defects other than rail defects IS 0.8% (11)
Safety related incident caused by maintenance or infrastructure staff oversight or error JL 0.8% (11)
Failure to maintain vegetation within network boundaries JP 0.8% (11)
Time lost en-route believed to be Operator cause and information required from Operator TO 0.7% (10)
External trees, buildings or structures encroaching or falling onto infrastructure XO 0.7% (10)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.6% (9)
WTT Schedule or LTP process including incorrect simplifiers QA 0.6% (9)
Points failure (including no fault found) IB 0.6% (8)
Road or crossing related incidents including cars on the line XN 0.6% (8)
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 0.6% (8)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.5% (7)
Train-crew rostering problem TI 0.5% (7)
Cancellation of a duplicate or erroneous schedule or an identified duplicate, false or erroneous delay PJ 0.4% (6)

All trains in the network

StateAll Passenger
Arrived 25,270 20,145
Cancelled 1,423 756
Never activated 1,304 378
Planned 1,119 51