The railway on 20th September 2026

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20th September 2026

17,958Trains13,010 carrying passengers
92.2%On timeof those that arrived
1.5 minAverage delayat their last call
309Cancelledplanned ones included
335Part cancelledran for only part of the journey
856Never activatedbooked, and never appeared
1Stopped shortdid not reach the last stop

By operator least punctual first

OperatorTrackedOn time LateCancelledPart cancelledAverage delay
CrossCountry 165 69% 36 19 30 9.4 min
Eurostar 28 76.9% 6 2 0 7 min
East Midlands Railway 242 79.3% 49 3 2 5.1 min
Great Western Railway 861 80.1% 146 71 57 4.6 min
Avanti West Coast 175 81.8% 31 6 5 5.1 min
South Western Railway 745 87.2% 84 27 63 2.4 min
c2c 146 89.7% 15 1 0 2.2 min
Transport for Wales 669 90.5% 62 4 13 1.4 min
West Midlands Trains 640 91.1% 53 27 19 1.3 min
London North Eastern Railway 147 91.2% 13 0 0 1 min
TransPennine Express 264 91.3% 22 2 10 1.4 min
Great Northern 238 91.8% 18 12 7 1.4 min
Southern 1,090 92.5% 80 8 11 1.8 min
Northern 1,252 93.5% 78 38 18 1 min
Thameslink 460 94% 27 1 9 1.6 min
London Underground 153 95.1% 6 30 0 0.7 min
Southeastern 892 95.5% 40 0 5 1 min
Greater Anglia 863 95.5% 39 1 1 0.6 min
ScotRail 1,131 95.6% 49 4 23 0.6 min
Elizabeth line 506 95.8% 21 0 6 0.4 min
London Overground 1,188 96.4% 40 33 45 0.8 min
Heathrow Express 151 96.6% 5 5 0 1 min
Merseyrail 324 98.1% 6 3 10 0.6 min early
Gatwick Express 72 98.6% 1 2 0 0.8 min
Chiltern Railways 160 100% 0 0 1 0.2 min
Tyne and Wear Metro 67 100% 0 6 0 on time
South Yorkshire Supertram 26 100% 0 0 0 0.3 min early

Punctuality

TrainsRan ArrivedOn time Average delay
Other (5 min) 8,351 8,350 93.3% 0.8 min
Long distance (10 min) 3,746 3,746 89.8% 3.2 min

Stopped short 1

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

TrainOperator Booked to reach
2E40 GW Gloucester

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 268 86.7%
Unexplained 28 9.1%
Reported by Darwin 10 3.2%
Planned 3 1%

Why most common first

ReasonCode Share
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 16% (138)
Train cancelled at FOC request or planned not to run FL 10.3% (89)
Exclusion commercially agreed and documented between Network Rail and Train Operator PL 9.3% (80)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 7.3% (63)
Driver TG 7% (60)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 5.7% (49)
Delays incurred on non-Network Rail running lines or networks including London Underground TX 3.8% (33)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 3.3% (28)
Fatalities or injuries caused by being hit by train XC 2.9% (25)
Driver TG 2.4% (21)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 2.3% (20)
Late arrival of booked inward stock YI 2.1% (18)
Fatalities or injuries caused by being hit by train XC 2.1% (18)
Signal failure (including no fault found) IA 2.1% (18)
Uninvestigated Cancellations System Roll-Ups only ZW 1.9% (16)
Track circuit failure (including no fault found) IC 1.3% (11)
Train-crew rostering problem TI 1.2% (10)
Other Passenger Train Operating Company causes TZ 0.9% (8)
Senior Conductor or Train Manager TH 0.9% (8)
Points failure (including no fault found) IB 0.8% (7)
Signal failure (including no fault found) IA 0.8% (7)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 0.8% (7)
Train cancelled or delayed at Train Operator's request TB 0.8% (7)
Late arrival of booked inward train-crew YJ 0.6% (5)
Train Operating Company Directive TR 0.6% (5)
Other technical failures above the Solebar M8 0.6% (5)
Delays not investigated by Network Rail OU 0.6% (5)
Cancellation of a duplicate or erroneous schedule or an identified duplicate, false or erroneous delay PJ 0.6% (5)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.5% (4)
Time lost en-route believed to be Operator cause and information required from Operator TO 0.5% (4)
Late presentation from the continent TN 0.5% (4)
Trespass including non-intentional XA 0.3% (3)
Other technical failures below the solebar MD 0.3% (3)
Points failure (including no fault found) IB 0.3% (3)
Depot operating problem MU 0.3% (3)
Door and Door system faults M7 0.3% (3)
Door and Door system faults M7 0.3% (3)
WTT Schedule or LTP process including incorrect simplifiers QA 0.3% (3)
Possession over-run from planned work I5 0.3% (3)
Track circuit failure (including no fault found) IC 0.3% (3)

All trains in the network

StateAll Passenger
Arrived 15,686 12,310
Cancelled 861 444
Never activated 856 231
Planned 555 25