The railway on 4th September 2026

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4th September 2026

34,015Trains22,974 carrying passengers
88.6%On timeof those that arrived
2.5 minAverage delayat their last call
796Cancelledplanned ones included
523Part cancelledran for only part of the journey
1,510Never activatedbooked, and never appeared
1Stopped shortdid not reach the last stop

By operator least punctual first

OperatorTrackedOn time LateCancelledPart cancelledAverage delay
London North Eastern Railway 200 38.3% 103 25 8 26 min
Great Northern 362 67.9% 67 131 23 5.2 min
Avanti West Coast 317 73.1% 83 5 3 8.3 min
Gatwick Express 72 75.7% 17 1 1 5.9 min
Southeastern 1,804 77.6% 368 90 71 5 min
CrossCountry 280 77.9% 60 5 4 7.2 min
c2c 362 78% 74 7 20 4.6 min
East Midlands Railway 501 79.5% 94 33 10 4.4 min
Eurostar 27 81.5% 5 0 0 8.3 min
TransPennine Express 319 85.4% 43 11 14 3.6 min
Thameslink 650 86.7% 71 71 44 3.3 min
Great Western Railway 1,721 87.1% 216 30 21 2.3 min
Northern 2,753 88.1% 309 78 71 2.1 min
Southern 1,516 88.4% 165 47 50 2.5 min
London Underground 204 90% 13 74 0 1.3 min
Greater Anglia 1,321 92% 103 23 31 1.3 min
Elizabeth line 696 92.8% 48 11 18 1.1 min
Transport for Wales 1,080 93.1% 71 27 31 1.4 min
West Midlands Trains 1,320 93.2% 87 13 22 1.2 min
London Overground 1,608 93.3% 104 27 29 1.5 min
Merseyrail 624 94.1% 34 22 22 0.4 min
Chiltern Railways 362 94.1% 21 3 1 1.1 min
South Yorkshire Supertram 37 94.6% 2 0 0 0.5 min
South Western Railway 1,616 94.7% 84 14 16 1.1 min
Tyne and Wear Metro 87 95.4% 4 0 0 0.6 min
ScotRail 2,269 95.8% 93 16 9 0.9 min
Heathrow Express 152 98.7% 2 2 0 0.7 min

Punctuality

TrainsRan ArrivedOn time Average delay
Other (5 min) 15,086 15,057 89.8% 1.5 min
Long distance (10 min) 6,088 6,087 85.8% 4.8 min

Stopped short 1

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

TrainOperator Booked to reach
2Z00 Pantyffynnon

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 729 91.6%
Unexplained 33 4.1%
Reported by Darwin 26 3.3%
Planned 8 1%

Why most common first

ReasonCode Share
Train cancelled at FOC request or planned not to run FL 17.3% (296)
Exclusion commercially agreed and documented between Network Rail and Train Operator PL 12.5% (214)
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 9% (153)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 6.2% (106)
Delays incurred on non-Network Rail running lines or networks including London Underground TX 4.6% (78)
Fatalities or injuries caused by being hit by train XC 3.7% (64)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 3.7% (63)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 3.3% (57)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 2.8% (48)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 2.2% (38)
Confirmed Pantograph ADD, shoe beam or associated system faults M1 1.7% (29)
Driver TG 1.6% (27)
WTT Schedule or LTP process including incorrect simplifiers QA 1.5% (26)
Fatalities or injuries caused by being hit by train XC 1.4% (24)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 1.2% (21)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 1.1% (19)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 1% (17)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 1% (17)
Fatalities or injuries sustained whilst on a platform VC 0.9% (16)
Fires starting on Network Rail Infrastructure I9 0.9% (16)
Driver TG 0.9% (15)
Other Passenger Train Operating Company causes TZ 0.9% (15)
Train-crew rostering problem TI 0.8% (14)
Depot operating problem MU 0.8% (13)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 0.7% (12)
Planned underpowered or shortformed service or vehicle MS 0.7% (12)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 0.6% (11)
Track defects other than rail defects IS 0.6% (11)
Fires starting on Network Rail Infrastructure I9 0.6% (10)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 0.6% (10)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 0.6% (10)
Fatalities or injuries sustained whilst on a platform VC 0.5% (9)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.5% (9)
Cancellation of a duplicate or erroneous schedule or an identified duplicate, false or erroneous delay PJ 0.5% (8)
Time lost en-route believed to be Operator cause and information required from Operator TO 0.5% (8)
Door and Door system faults M7 0.4% (7)
Other FOC causes including mishaps FZ 0.4% (7)
Track circuit failure (including no fault found) IC 0.4% (7)
Electric loco failure, defect, attention MB 0.4% (7)
Confirmed train cab based safety system fault including GSM-R M0 0.4% (6)

All trains in the network

StateAll Passenger
Arrived 28,133 21,732
Planned 2,665 61
Cancelled 1,707 770
Never activated 1,510 411