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2015 Train Punctuality and Reliability Performance

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Commuter:

DART:

NOTES:

  • Punctuality = a measurement of timekeeping.
    • For InterCity and Commuter, it is on time or within 10 minutes of time
    • For DART, it is on time or within 5 minutes of time
  • Reliability = whether the train operates or not.
  • All performance figures are independently verified by the NTA.
  • Punctuality figures include delays outside of Iarnród Éireann’s control
Dublin and Cork
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 94.7% 99.85%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 98.7% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 97% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 96.9% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 96.4% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 96.1% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 95.4% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 95.3% 99.87%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 94.4% 99.87%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 94.1% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 87.5% 99.20%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 77.4% 99.86%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 90.1% 99.88%
Dublin and Limerick
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 95.8% 100%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 99.1% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 96.9% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 98% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 98.9% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 98.5% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 95.7% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 95.3% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 95.8% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 96.4% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 94.6% 98.52%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 83% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 97.3% 100%
Dublin and Tralee
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 97.1% 99.47%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 99.5% 99.07%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 98.4% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 96.3% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 96.3% 99.77%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 96.5% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 97% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 95.3% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 95.2% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 95.4% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 86.4% 99.30%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 94% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 96.3% 99.57%
Dublin and Galway
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 92.2% 99.83%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 98% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 95.2% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 95.8% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 92.6% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 96.9% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 95.5% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 93.3% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 94.9% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 96.3% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 88.8% 99.07%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 80.2% 99.69%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 91.5% 100%
Dublin and Westport
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 91.9% 99.55%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 96.4% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 90.7% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 96% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 92.3% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 91.2% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 94.4% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 86.8% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 91.7% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 90.0% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 89.5% 99.60%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 83.1% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 94% 100%
Dublin and Waterford
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 97% 99.7%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 99.5% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 97.3% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 98.9% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 99.2% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 98.9% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 96.8% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 96% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 98.7% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 97.1% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 91.40% 98.93%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 91.5% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 97.8% 100%
Dublin and Rosslare Europort
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 92.6% 100%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 96.8% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 98% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 97.1% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 98% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 98% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 93.3% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 92.7% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 87.3% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 91.9% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 84.7% 99.6%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 77.1% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 87.6% 99.61%
Dublin and Sligo
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 94.6% 100%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 97.4% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 98.7% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 98.1% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 96.8% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 96% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 95% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 98.9% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 97.4% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 97.1% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 95.40% 99.46%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 90.2% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 91.8% 99.46%
Dublin and Belfast Central
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 92.6% 100%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 94.3% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 96.6% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 96.2% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 96.7% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 97.2% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 90.9% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 94.6% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 94.1% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 98.8% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 93.1%  99.29%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 92.4% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 85.8% 100%
Heuston Commuter
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 95.9% 99.5%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 99.6% 99.91%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 98.3% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 98% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 98.4% 99.91%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 98% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 96.9% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 96% 99.91%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 97.6% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 98.2% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 97.0% 98.54%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 93.8% 99.91%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 97.6% 99.92%
Maynooth and M3 Parkway Commuter
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 98.7% 99.96%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 99.3% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 98.8% 99.92%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 99.7% 99.85%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 99.1% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 98.7% 99.96%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 98.4% 99.70%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 99.3% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 99.1% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 99.1% 99.93%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 97.5% 98.77%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 94.1% 99.81%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 99.1% 99.93%
Northern Commuter
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 98.7% 99.96%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 98.8% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 97.8% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 99.3% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 98.4% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 98.8% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 97.2% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 97.6% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 97% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 97.8% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 96.3% 99.20%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 92.2% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 94.3% 100%
DART
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 93.6% 100%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 94.9% 99.88%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 94.7% 99.9%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 96.5% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 95.5% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 95.6% 99.95%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 92.5% 99.93%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 92.4% 99.90%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 92.1% 99.8%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 92.6% 99.93%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 84.9% 98.92%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 72.5% 99.87%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 81.1% 99.95%
Cork and Cobh
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 99.8% 99.4%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 99.1% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 100% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 100% 99.24%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 99% 99.83%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 99.9% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 99.8% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 99.9% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 99.5% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 99.4% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 99.2% 98.97%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 99.7% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 98.6% 98.03%
Cork and Midleton
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 99% 99.4%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 99.5% 99.82%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 99.9% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 99.9% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 99.4% 99.82%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 99.7% 99.5%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 100% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 99.7% 99.90%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 100% 99.63%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 100% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 99.6% 98.72%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 99% 99.91%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 98.7% 97.95%
Cork and Mallow
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 98.8% 99.1%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 100% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 97.89% 99.74%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 98.9% 98.37%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 98.1% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 95.7% 99.7%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 98.9% 99.73%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 99.5% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 100% 99.63%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 98.4% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 96.2% 95.29%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 96.3% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 98.3% 100%
Limerick and Ballybrophy
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 93.3% 100%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 96.6% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 99.2% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 93.3% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 90.8% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 96.6% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 95.2% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 97.5% 99.15%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 92.7% 99.19%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 97.6% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 96.6% 97.41%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 79.8% 98.32%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 88.1% 98.31%
Limerick and Limerick Junction
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 96.9% 99.85%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 98.5% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 97.9% 99.87%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 98.9% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 97.7% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 97.6% 99.75%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 98.1% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 99.1% 99.61%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 96.1% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 96.8% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 93.8% 99.49%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 85.8% 99.87%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 96.6% 99.78%
Limerick and Galway
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 89.3% 99.29%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 96.5% 100%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22  96% 100%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19  95.5% 99.68%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 95.5% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 93.7% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 96.2% 100%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 95.9% 99.37%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 91.6%  98.10%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 97.5% 99.37%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 86.8% 98.41%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 85.4% 99.68%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 82.9% 45.78%
Limerick Junction and Waterford
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 25 100% 100%
02 Jan 26 to Feb 22 98.9% 98.95%
03 Feb 23 to Mar 22 98.9% 96.63%
04 Mar 23 to Apr 19 97.8% 100%
05 Apr 20 to May 17 100% 100%
06 May 18 to Jun 14 97.8% 100%
07 Jun 15 to Jul 12 97.9% 98.95%
08 Jul 13 to Aug 09 94.6% 100%
09 Aug 10 to Sep 06 96.9% 100%
10 Sep 07 to Oct 04 97.9% 100%
11 Oct 05 to Nov 01 90.9% 95.45%
12 Nov 02 to Nov 29 93% 100%
13 Nov 30 to Dec 31 92.3% 100%
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