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2018 Train Punctuality and Reliability Performance

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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 29 93.3% 99.9%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 92.7% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 86% 95.59%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 89.2% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 92.3% 99.87%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 88.9% 99.9%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 89.3% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 91.2% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 92.6% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 87.0% 99.87%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 66.8% 99.87%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 82.0% 99.48%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 87.5% 99.86%
Dublin and Limerick
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 96.3% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 99.1% 99.54%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 91.2% 98.47%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 98.3% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 98.5% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 94% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 96.9% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 98.1% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 97.1% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 93.3% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 86.8% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 98.1% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 98.5% 100%
Dublin and Tralee
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 96.8% 99.8%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 96.8% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 93.1% 96.32%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 96.8% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 97.5% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 95.2% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 93.8% 99.77%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 96.8% 99.54%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 94.9% 99.54%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 95.6% 99.08%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 83.6% 100.00%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 93.8% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 95.8% 99.51%
Dublin and Galway
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 94.6% 99.2%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 94.9% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 89.5% 95.6%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 95.4% 99.8%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 95.7% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 91.2% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 94.3% 99.7%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 96% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 96.1% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 88.9% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 82.0% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 90.8% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 94.4% 100%
Dublin and Westport
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 94.4% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 97.6% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 88.5% 96.2%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 94% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 98% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 90.4% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 92.1% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 96.8% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 93.3% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 88.1% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 86.8% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 92.9% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 95% 100%
Dublin and Waterford
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 95.5% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 97.6% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 85.3% 95.8%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 95.7% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 96% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 95% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 93.4% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 93.7% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 95.8% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 93.9% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 87.6% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 93.9% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 97.5% 100%
Dublin and Rosslare Europort
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 96% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 98.0% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 90.2% 93.5%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 91.4% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 92.3% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 88.1% 99.6%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 88.1% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 92.6% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 94.8% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 96% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 93.6% 99.60%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 95.8% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 94.8% 100%
Dublin and Sligo
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 94.2% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 98.2% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 90.1% 96.6%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 96.5% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 96.8% 99.7%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 90.7% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 89.1% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 96.2% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 98.1% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 90.6% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 87.2% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 92.6% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 93.3% 100%
Dublin and Belfast
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 92.2% 99.8%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 95.3% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 86.5% 98.01%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 92% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 91% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 92.9% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 91.7% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 88.9% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 92% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 86.6% 98.58%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 86.8% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 88.4% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 93.3% 100%
Heuston Commuter
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 98.1% 99.7%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 98.2% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 93.2% 94.09%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 97.8% 99.81%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 97.6% 99.91%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 95.3% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 96.7% 99.91%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 97.4% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 98.2% 99.91%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 96.5% 99.82%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 92.8% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 95.8% 99.82%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 96.4% 99.8%
Phoenix Park Tunnel
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 98.2% 99.3%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 97.3% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 95.4% 91.20%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 99.1% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 98.7% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 97.4% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 97.1% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 97.1% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 99% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 97.3% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 94.7% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 95.4% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 97.2% 100%
Maynooth and M3 Parkway Commuter
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 98.8% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 99.2% 99.89%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 96.1% 93.31%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 99.2% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 98.3% 99.89%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 98.5% 99.9%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 98.9% 99.96%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 98.1% 99.36%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 99.1% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 97.3% 99.93%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 95.9% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 96.0% 99.93%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 97.6% 99.89%
Northern Commuter
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 96.9% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 96.2% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 92.8% 96.99%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 97.9% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 96.5% 99.77%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 96.9% 99.8%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 96.4% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 97.5% 99.92%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 97.9% 99.92%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 94.8% 99.85%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 93.9% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 94.4% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 96.8% 100%
DART
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 89.1% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 89.4% 99.88%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 82.3% 95.78%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 88.4% 99.95%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 85.7% 99.7%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 88.9% 99.4%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 88.7% 99.71%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 89.8% 99.87%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 93.3% 100%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 93.8% 99.27%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 90.0% 99.20%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 86.2% 99.31%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 89.1% 99.66%
Cork and Cobh
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 99.8% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 100% 99.32%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 98.5% 95.21%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 99.9% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 99.9% 99.70%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 99.9% 98.3%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 99.4% 96.58%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 99.3% 97.6%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 100% 98.3%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 99.7% 99.5%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 99.5% 99.23%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 99.7% 98.54%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 99.2% 96.66%
Cork and Midleton
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 99.8% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 99.7% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 99.5% 95.35%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 99.8% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 100% 99.60%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 99.8% 99.5%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 99.4% 97.45%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 100% 97.1%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 99.6% 97.4%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 100% 99.6%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 99.7% 99.27%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 99.5% 99.27%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 99.5% 97.86%
Cork and Mallow
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 99.4% 99.7%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 99.5% 99.45%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 98.3% 94.59%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 99.7% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 100% 99.15%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 97.7% 96.6%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 99.1% 96.65%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 98.3% 97.5%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 98.9% 99.45%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 98.9% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 88.3% 94.49%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 98.3% 99.44%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 97.6% 99.4%
Limerick and Ballybrophy
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 100% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 98.4% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 100% 94.95%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 97.5% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 96.5% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 98.6% 97.2%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 99.2% 96.72%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 99.0% 88.60%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 100% 83.04%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 96.8% 94%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 93.3% 94.74%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 100.0% 80.43%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 100% 87.80%
Limerick and Limerick Junction
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 98.3% 100%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 98.2% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 94.6% 95.04%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 96% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 96.2% 100%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 97.3% 98.9%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 95.3% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 97.9% 100%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 96.5% 99.83%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 94.2% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 85.6% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 94.4% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 93.7% 100%
Limerick and Galway
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 95.7% 98.8%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 98.3% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 97.5% 95.17%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 99% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 98.8% 99.81%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 98.6% 99%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 99% 99.61%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 98.3% 99.42%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 98.8% 99.42%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 96.4% 100%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 93.1% 99.43%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 94.4% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 98.8% 99.4%
Limerick Junction and Waterford
Period Dates Punctuality Reliability
01 Jan 01 to Jan 29 97.8% 97.8%
02 Jan 30 to Feb 26 97.8% 100%
03 Feb 27 to Mar 26 95.7% 83.93%
04 Mar 27 to Apr 23 98.8% 100%
05 Apr 24 to May 21 96.6% 97.78%
06 May 22 to Jun 18 98.9% 100%
07 Jun 19 to Jul 16 98.9% 100%
08 Jul 17 to Aug 13 98.8% 97.62%
09 Aug 14 to Sep 14 96.3% 87.23%
10 Sep 13 to Oct 8 93.9% 95.35%
11 Oct 9 to Nov 05 89.2% 100%
12 Nov 06 to Dec 03 91.7% 100%
13 Dec 04 to Dec 31 95.3% 100%
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