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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the definitions of Act of God used by the train operating companies in relation to train cancellations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the definitions of Act of God used by the train operating companies in relation to train cancellations.
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Derek Twigg
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
9 March 2006
For answer on
13 March 2006
Answered on
16 March 2006
The rail industry's classification used for train delays and cancellations does not use the term ‘Act of God'. Events which cause train cancellations are attributed to a specific cause wherever known. This is done in order to help train companies understand the root causes, and to use the information to reduce such incidents in the future
Subjects
Railways; Standards
Date
16 March 2006
Reference
443 c2405W;443 c2405W; 58419
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) financial and (b) other incentives are in place to improve the efficiency of Network Rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) financial and (b) other incentives are in place to improve the efficiency of Network Rail.
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Derek Twigg
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
14 February 2006
For answer on
16 February 2006
Answered on
27 February 2006
I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 16 February 2006, Official Report, column 2411W.
Subjects
Network Rail; Standards
Date
27 February 2006
Reference
53082; 443 c154W;443 c154W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what incentives are in place to encourage Network Rail (a) to improve its efficiency and (b) to complete renewals expeditiously.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what incentives are in place to encourage Network Rail (a) to improve its efficiency and (b) to complete renewals expeditiously.
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Derek Twigg
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
2 February 2006
For answer on
6 February 2006
Answered on
16 February 2006
The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) has determined, the outputs that Network Rail must deliver in the five-year control period to March 2009, and the associated revenue allowance. This revenue allowance is based on estimates of the expenditure required by a competent and well-managed company to deliver the stated outputs, including an allowance for efficiency savings. As part of this, Network Rail must deliver an efficiency saving of 31 per cent.This approach provides strong incentives on Network Rail to improve cost efficiency, as they benefit from reducing expenditure below that assumed in setting its allowed revenues, provided that it delivers its required outputs and does not compromise long-term asset condition and serviceability of the network.These incentives for cost efficiency are also reflected in the remuneration arrangements for Network Rail's senior management.The main incentive on Network Rail to complete its renewals expeditiously are the conditions of the track access contracts that it enters into with train operating companies. These contracts include a mechanism whereby Network Rail makes compensation payments to train operating companies for changes to train timetables that result from the need for engineering works.
Subjects
Railway network; Network Rail; Standards; Repairs and maintenance
Date
16 February 2006
Reference
49809; 442 c2411W;442 c2411W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 20 December 2005, Official Report, column 2913W, on C2C/One Rail, if he will provide the same breakdown for all train operating companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to his answer of 20 December 2005, Official Report, column 2913W, on C2C/One Rail, if he will provide the same breakdown for all train operating companies.
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Derek Twigg
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
11 January 2006
For answer on
16 January 2006
Answered on
1 February 2006
The following table shows the number of cancellations, and the reasons for them, for the 20 additional Train Operating Companies with which the Department has franchise agreements.
| 2005 train cancellations | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train operating company | ||||||
| Causation | Summary | ATW | Central | Chiltern | FGW | FGW Link |
| Depot-related | Shunting incident, train preparation | 364 | 53 | — | — | 2 |
| Operation | Planning error, service recovery plan, traded services specifically | 4 | 425 | 41 | 16 | — |
| Train crew | Lack of driver/Train manager | 2,139 | 2,668 | 138 | 33 | 439 |
| Fleet | Technical faults | 4,593 | 6,109 | 542 | 295 | 537 |
| Station | Retail related | 650 | 133 | 164 | — | — |
| External | Weather, fatality | 406 | 478 | — | 25 | 619 |
| Miscellaneous | TOC-on-Self | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOC-on-TOC | Effect of other operators | 412 | 925 | 88 | 16 | 266 |
| Infrastructure | Points Failures | 382 | — | — | 10 | — |
| Infrastructure | Poor Condition of Track/Broken Rail | 197 | — | — | 4 | — |
| Infrastructure | Miscellaneous | 1,171 | — | — | 120 | — |
| Infrastructure | Overhead Power Supply/Line | 9 | — | — | — | — |
| Infrastructure | Level Crossing Failure | — | — | — | — | — |
| Infrastructure | Signal Failure | 106 | — | — | 12 | — |
| Infrastructure | Animals on line | — | — | — | — | — |
| Production | Network Rail | — | — | — | 5 | — |
| Production | Train Planning | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Engineering | Track Engineering Possessions | 88 | — | — | — | — |
| Operations | Network Rail- | — | — | 856 | — | — |
| Operations | Fatalities | 94 | — | — | 58 | — |
| Operations | Line Side Fires | 4 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Act of God | Weather | 227 | — | — | 2 | — |
| Infrastructure | Network Rail | 51 | 5,560 | 398 | 46 | 727 |
| LUL | Sharing of track with London Underground | — | — | 109 | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 7/7 Bombings | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 10,898 | 16,351 | 2,336 | 643 | 2,590 |
| Train operating company | ||||||
| Causation | Summary | Gatwick | GNER | Island Line | MML | Northern |
| Depot-related | Shunting incident, train preparation | — | 5 | — | 41 | 404 |
| Operation | Planning error, service recovery plan, traded services specifically | — | 4 | — | 14 | 743 |
| Train crew | Lack of driver/Train manager | 12 | 6 | 3 | 36 | 484 |
| Fleet | Technical faults | 165 | 225 | 18 | 205 | 4,353 |
| Station | Retail related | — | 1 | — | 2 | 205 |
| External | Weather, fatality | 187 | 20 | 6 | 59 | 390 |
| Miscellaneous | TOC-on-Self | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOC-on-TOC | Effect of other operators | 47 | 15 | — | 69 | 788 |
| Infrastructure | Points Failures | 3 | 7 | — | — | 628 |
| Infrastructure | Poor Condition of Track/Broken Rail | 34 | — | — | — | 939 |
| Infrastructure | Miscellaneous | 102 | 11 | — | — | 479 |
| Infrastructure | Overhead Power Supply/Line | — | 68 | — | — | 337 |
| Infrastructure | Level Crossing Failure | — | — | — | — | — |
| Infrastructure | Signal Failure | 49 | 12 | 2 | — | 75 |
| Infrastructure | Animals on line | — | — | — | — | — |
| Production | Network Rail | 4 | 37 | 17 | — | 239 |
| Production | Train Planning | — | — | — | — | 21 |
| Engineering | Track Engineering Possessions | 2,552 | 5 | — | — | 244 |
| Operations | Network Rail- | — | — | — | — | 32 |
| Operations | Fatalities | — | 34 | — | — | 330 |
| Operations | Line Side Fires | — | 54 | — | — | 14 |
| Act of God | Weather | — | 31 | 17 | — | 2,179 |
| Infrastructure | Network Rail | — | — | — | 773 | — |
| LUL | Sharing of track with London Underground | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 7/7 Bombings | — | 86 | — | — | — |
| Total | 3,155 | 621 | 63 | 1,199 | 12,884 |
| Train operating company | ||||||
| Causation | Summary | SET | Silverlink | Southern | SWT | Thameslink |
| Depot-related | Shunting incident, train preparation | — | 70 | 182 | 34 | 155 |
| Operation | Planning error, service recovery plan, traded services specifically | — | 62 | 28 | 729 | 163 |
| Train crew | Lack of driver/Train manager | 2,243 | 753 | 459 | 808 | 311 |
| Fleet | Technical faults | 864 | 1,906 | 2,629 | 378 | 2,549 |
| Station | Retail related | — | 44 | 21 | 2 | 101 |
| External | Weather, fatality | — | 614 | 383 | 439 | 1,321 |
| Miscellaneous | TOC-on-Self | 3,186 | — | 102 | 491 | — |
| TOC-on-TOC | Effect of other operators | — | 354 | 88 | 66 | 148 |
| Infrastructure | Points Failures | — | — | 108 | 101 | — |
| Infrastructure | Poor Condition of Track/Broken Rail | — | — | 73 | 166 | — |
| Infrastructure | Miscellaneous | — | — | 228 | 786 | — |
| Infrastructure | Overhead Power Supply/Line | — | — | 95 | — | — |
| Infrastructure | Level Crossing Failure | — | — | — | — | — |
| Infrastructure | Signal Failure | — | — | 98 | 29 | — |
| Infrastructure | Animals on line | — | — | — | — | — |
| Production | Network Rail | — | — | 220 | 40 | 1,049 |
| Production | Train Planning | — | — | 147 | 91 | — |
| Engineering | Track Engineering Possessions | — | — | 84 | 70 | 249 |
| Operations | Network Rail- | — | — | — | — | — |
| Operations | Fatalities | — | — | 295 | 7 | — |
| Operations | Line Side Fires | — | — | 214 | — | — |
| Act of God | Weather | — | — | 242 | — | — |
| Infrastructure | Network Rail | 82 | 2,515 | 359 | 410 | 1,726 |
| LUL | Sharing of track with London Underground | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 7/7 Bombings | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 6,375 | 6,318 | 6,055 | 4,647 | 7,772 |
| Train operating company | ||||||
| Causation | Summary | TPE | VWG | VXC | WAGN | Wessex |
| Depot-related | Shunting incident, train preparation | 29 | 11 | 20 | 14 | 142 |
| Operation | Planning error, service recovery plan, traded services specifically | 270 | 9 | 122 | 16 | 56 |
| Train crew | Lack of driver/Train manager | 559 | 33 | 75 | 113 | 192 |
| Fleet | Technical faults | 825 | 967 | 1,070 | 557 | 1,464 |
| Station | Retail related | 37 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 |
| External | Weather, fatality | 157 | 54 | 481 | 65 | |
| Miscellaneous | TOC-on-Self | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOC-on-TOC | Effect of other operators | 517 | 162 | — | 112 | 257 |
| Infrastructure | Points Failures | 147 | 44 | 37 | — | 115 |
| Infrastructure | Poor Condition of Track/Broken Rail | 187 | 21 | 43 | 265 | 94 |
| Infrastructure | Miscellaneous | 254 | 141 | 7 | 82 | 63 |
| Infrastructure | Overhead Power Supply/Line | 51 | — | 32 | 347 | — |
| Infrastructure | Level Crossing Failure | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Infrastructure | Signal Failure | 25 | 7 | 69 | 294 | 43 |
| Infrastructure | Animals on line | — | 16 | — | — | 10 |
| Production | Network Rail | 210 | 12 | 22 | — | 42 |
| Production | Train Planning | 24 | 13 | 33 | — | 43 |
| Engineering | Track Engineering Possessions | 18 | 44 | 25 | — | 58 |
| Operations | Network Rail- | — | 236 | — | — | — |
| Operations | Fatalities | 76 | 128 | 60 | — | 358 |
| Operations | Line Side Fires | 8 | 1 | 8 | — | 23 |
| Act of God | Weather | 169 | 50 | 114 | — | 44 |
| Infrastructure | Network Rail | 425 | 370 | — | 518 | 221 |
| LUL | Sharing of track with London Underground | — | — | — | — | — |
| Miscellaneous | 7/7 Bombings | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 3,988 | 2,269 | 1,792 | 2,813 | 3,307 | |
| Note: Data collated by individual TOCs against no set format. | ||||||
| (8) Data for Virgin Cross Country is from 1 April to 11 December. |
Subjects
Railways; Standards; Train operating companies
Date
1 February 2006
Reference
42734; 442 c562-4W;442 c562-4W
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he expects the target of improving punctuality and reliability of rail services to at least 85 per cent. by 2006 to be met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he expects the target of improving punctuality and reliability of rail services to at least 85 per cent. by 2006 to be met.
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Derek Twigg
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
8 November 2005
For answer on
10 November 2005
Answered on
15 November 2005
Current performance remains on track to achieve or better the Industry Public Performance Measure Moving Annual Average (PPM MAA) target of 85 per cent. by March 2006.
Subjects
Railways; Standards
Date
15 November 2005
Reference
439 c1143-4W;439 c1143W; 27482
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) passengers in excess capacity and (b) total number of passengers was (i) for each London commuting service train operator and (ii) in total, broken down into (A) am peak and (B) pm peak figures measured in the most recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) passengers in excess capacity and (b) total number of passengers was (i) for each London commuting service train operator and (ii) in total, broken down into (A) am peak and (B) pm peak figures measured in the most recent...
Asked by
Tom Brake
(Liberal Democrat)
Answered by
Derek Twigg
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Transport
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
31 October 2005
For answer on
2 November 2005
Answered on
9 November 2005
The figures requested are in the following table:
| Passenger counts : Services to and from London Terminals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | |||||||||
| TOCs | AM peak number of trains | Number of passengers | PIXC | PIXC (%) | PM peak number of trains | Number of passengers | PIXC | PIXC (%) | Overall |
| Chiltern | 36 | 9,518 | 157 | 1.6 | 34 | 8,451 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| Southern | 140 | 75,228 | 5,833 | 7.8 | 134 | 58.174 | 1.040 | 1.8 | 5.2 |
| SET | 175 | 117.661 | 2,830 | 2.4 | 169 | 92,578 | 383 | 0.4 | 1.5 |
| One | 137 | 74,842 | 1,690 | 2.3 | 136 | 69,263 | 1,629 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| LTS/c2c | 46 | 27,175 | 610 | 2.2 | 43 | 22,649 | 249 | 1.1 | 1.7 |
| Silverlink | 84 | 22,828 | 1,080 | 4.7 | 58 | 20.724 | 265 | 1.3 | 3.1 |
| South West Trains | 133 | 82,139 | 5,607 | 6.8 | 138 | 62,815 | 710 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| FGWL | 41 | 10,874 | 275 | 2.5 | 39 | 9,627 | 147 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Thameslink | 50 | 26,995 | 651 | 2.4 | 55 | 23,736 | 650 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| WAGN | 56 | 24,569 | 537 | 2.2 | 54 | 21,062 | 685 | 3.3 | 2.7 |
| Total | 898 | 471,829 | 19,270 | 4.1 | 860 | 389,079 | 5,758 | 1.5 | 2.9 |
| Note: Capacity measured at the point on the journey where the highest number of passengers is carried. |
Subjects
Greater London; Railways; Passengers; Overcrowding; Standards; Trains
Date
9 November 2005
Reference
24439; 439 c518W;439 c518W
House
House of Commons