Re: CityRail On Time Running

Leslie Brown (pcc@ocean.com.au)
Wed, 28 May 1997 15:12:53 GMT

arthur@gateway.dircsa.org.au (Arthur Marsh) wrote in aus.rail:

>David Johnson (trainman@cia.com.au) wrote:
>: CityRail's On Time Running for this morning's peak:

>: Suburban: 94.54% (within 3 minutes)
>: Intercity: 100% (within 5 minutes)

>: For the suburban system, only 2.55 trains need to run late to lose 1%
>: of the on time running. For the afternnon peak, only 1.94 trains need
>: to run late.

>: This is a pretty good effort, and I would like to see Melbourne match
>: it.

>I'd like to see Adelaide match it )-:.

You can't run less than one (1.00) train, Arthur. If even one train
came in late by more than three minutes in Adelaide it would blow your
percentages (10%?)

Les Brown.