The railway on 18th September 2026

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18th September 2026

33,988Trains23,056 carrying passengers
91.4%On timeof those that arrived
1.9 minAverage delayat their last call
620Cancelledplanned ones included
716Part cancelledran for only part of the journey
1,632Never activatedbooked, and never appeared
0Stopped shortdid not reach the last stop

By operator least punctual first

OperatorTrackedOn time LateCancelledPart cancelledAverage delay
London North Eastern Railway 199 67.8% 48 43 7 7.8 min
CrossCountry 280 70.6% 72 9 26 9.2 min
Eurostar 29 71.4% 8 1 0 8.4 min
South Western Railway 1,613 79% 285 53 203 4.3 min
Avanti West Coast 317 83.2% 52 3 4 6.1 min
East Midlands Railway 501 84.1% 76 4 19 3.4 min
Gatwick Express 72 86.1% 10 0 0 4.6 min
Great Western Railway 1,717 86.2% 221 58 63 2.7 min
TransPennine Express 317 87.2% 38 1 18 3.2 min
Northern 2,752 90% 264 55 50 1.6 min
Southern 1,691 90.2% 161 9 45 2.4 min
Thameslink 650 91% 54 25 24 2.2 min
Tyne and Wear Metro 89 91.8% 7 4 0 1.5 min
Heathrow Express 152 93.2% 10 6 0 2.3 min
West Midlands Trains 1,313 93.3% 84 33 20 1.3 min
Great Northern 400 93.7% 15 117 44 0.9 min
Transport for Wales 1,054 94% 60 18 36 1.1 min
Southeastern 1,806 94.4% 99 7 29 1.2 min
ScotRail 2,281 95.6% 97 20 42 0.9 min
London Underground 197 95.7% 6 58 0 0.6 min
Chiltern Railways 349 96.5% 12 2 6 0.8 min
London Overground 1,613 96.7% 50 74 29 1.2 min
Greater Anglia 1,309 96.8% 41 3 7 0.6 min
c2c 365 96.8% 11 2 16 1.2 min
Elizabeth line 695 97% 20 2 25 0.6 min
Merseyrail 622 98.9% 7 0 2 0.3 min
Island Line 52 100% 0 0 0 0.5 min early
South Yorkshire Supertram 37 100% 0 0 0 0.5 min early

Punctuality

TrainsRan ArrivedOn time Average delay
Other (5 min) 15,085 15,080 92.4% 1.2 min
Long distance (10 min) 6,146 6,146 89% 3.6 min

Cancellations

KindTrains Share
Attributed 552 89%
Unexplained 54 8.7%
Reported by Darwin 11 1.8%
Planned 3 0.5%

Why most common first

ReasonCode Share
Train cancelled at FOC request or planned not to run FL 19.9% (365)
Overhead line/3rd rail defect I1 10.8% (198)
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 8.8% (162)
Exclusion commercially agreed and documented between Network Rail and Train Operator PL 8.7% (159)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 7.6% (139)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 5.4% (100)
Driver TG 3.7% (67)
Delays incurred on non-Network Rail running lines or networks including London Underground TX 3.2% (59)
Depot operating problem MU 2.8% (51)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 2.2% (40)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 2.1% (39)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 1.6% (30)
Other Passenger Train Operating Company causes TZ 1.3% (24)
Driver TG 1.2% (22)
Uninvestigated Late Start System Roll-Ups only ZX 1% (19)
Overhead line/3rd rail defect I1 1% (19)
Broken/cracked/twisted/buckled/flawed rail IR 1% (18)
Points failure (including no fault found) IB 0.9% (17)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 0.9% (17)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.9% (16)
Train-crew rostering problem TI 0.8% (15)
Track defects other than rail defects IS 0.8% (14)
Points failure (including no fault found) IB 0.7% (13)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 0.7% (12)
Track defects other than rail defects IS 0.6% (11)
Bridge Strike XP 0.5% (9)
Time lost en-route believed to be Operator cause and information required from Operator TO 0.5% (9)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 0.4% (8)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.4% (7)
Bridge Strike XP 0.4% (7)
WTT Schedule or LTP process including incorrect simplifiers QA 0.4% (7)
Planned underpowered or shortformed service or vehicle MS 0.4% (7)
Cancellation of a duplicate or erroneous schedule or an identified duplicate, false or erroneous delay PJ 0.3% (6)
Cutting or embankment earthslip, rock fall or subsidence IV 0.3% (6)
Train cancelled at FOC request or planned not to run FL 0.3% (6)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 0.3% (5)
Late arrival of booked inward train-crew YJ 0.3% (5)
Signal failure (including no fault found) IA 0.3% (5)
Engineer's on-track equipment failure outside possession MV 0.2% (4)
Broken/cracked/twisted/buckled/flawed rail IR 0.2% (4)

All trains in the network

StateAll Passenger
Arrived 27,898 21,751
Planned 2,623 68
Cancelled 1,835 823
Never activated 1,632 414