How late are trains on average?

normally ive only had one 4 hour delay in 4 years of train travel.. rest have been within 10 mins of time
 
You could have a look at the train company’s on-time performance statistics and make an educated guess. ;)
 
I travel by train to and from work, at most it's 20mins late but that's perhaps one in ten journeys, these days they're almost always on time. Scotrail though, not sure what it's like down south but can't see it being worse! :)

Trains are pretty good these days!
 
The one to work got there 20 mins late, the one home got there also 20 mins late...

Today i've wasted 40 mins.

Last 12 days commuting, the trains has been late about 5 of those days.
 
Ive traveled euston to manchester on the pendolino trains many a time and they have been for me all ways on time (give or take a few minutes)

you can allways be late though just luck of the draw that day, no one can say otherwise! just go for it , if you plan to arrive there for 2pm when u need to be there for 2.30 pm for a job interview or what have you then theres nothing you can do about it if you come in late, and im sure whoever your meeting with be understanding considering you allowed for delays!
 
I don't think i've ever been on a train thats been on time. Most of them are within 10 minutes of their expected time, it's unlikely it will be more than 30 minutes late, although not out of the realms of possibility. If you have no other way to get to manchester then you got no choice anyway.
 
Naamiko_O said:
I don't think i've ever been on a train thats been on time. Most of them are within 10 minutes of their expected time, it's unlikely it will be more than 30 minutes late, although not out of the realms of possibility. If you have no other way to get to manchester then you got no choice anyway.
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except perhaps getting an earlier train?
 
I've had quite a good experience of trains really - when it was all icy it was about 7 minutes late at most. Only thing that really annoyed me recently was sending a **** old train with 2 carriages at school leaving time, so of course there was no room to get on as it was full of people from the first stop, and the standing space got filled with shoving small kids so got home about 50 mins later as a result :mad:

...apart from that though, I like trains :)
 
It's really impossible to say how late any particular train is going to be (even when it's running ... some of the people I work with have access to the real time date which drives some of the display boards and the train I catch home can go from reported on time to running 10mins late in the 5mins it takes me to walk from the office to the station). Routes will vary a lot, from route to route and by different times of day. Also issues at one point may have knock on effects elsewhere.

In the last dozen years of commuting by train on various parts of the network I'd say the majority of the time trains I've used have been on time without major delays. Minimal delays are common though and depend a lot on how far the train has gone before it's got to you and whether it started originally at the right time.

My train in the morning is frequently 2 or 3mins late at the station i get off at due to it being delayed getting to Nottingham from the depot to start it's journey and then staff not letting people on until past when it should have left. This is really annoying as the trains at the platform, engine running, with crew, and we're just all standing there waiting :(
[/rant] ... but it'll be classed as being on time.

To the OP really for me it depends on how long your train journey is. If it's short, say 15-20mins, then yes 30mins lee-way may be ok ... if it's long, and for something important, then I'd give an additional hour buffer personally. If I was interviewing someone and they were late due to having to travel a long distance and only leaving 30mins in case of problems then I'd not look favourably on them.
 
Viper² said:
Every minute a train is delayed, the company is fined about £1000, or something ridiculous like that.
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Source? ... most train companies I've dealt with claim that even if a train is ~5mins late (from the timetable) then it's still on time as the timetable is only approximate (a pain in the bottom if you have very tight connections).
 
memyselfandi said:
Source? ... most train companies I've dealt with claim that even if a train is ~5mins late (from the timetable) then it's still on time as the timetable is only approximate (a pain in the bottom if you have very tight connections).
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I heard a conductor say on cross country services they are now allowed to be 20 minutes late before a journey is counted as late, it used to be 15 minutes.

If that is true it is a joke.
 
as said generally they are not oo bad

for me it would depend on what I needed to be there for, if it was for an interview or to catch a flight I would take an earlier one, if it was to meet someone for a pint then fine
 
cymatty said:
I heard a conductor say on cross country services they are now allowed to be 20 minutes late before a journey is counted as late, it used to be 15 minutes.

If that is true it is a joke.
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Doesn't surprise me, last time I travelled with Cross Country they were 11 mins late (not all their fault admittedly) but fortunately I'd arranged my journey so I had 45mins to play with at the only change.
 
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