Page 1566 - Week 05 - Thursday, 7 May 2015
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(1) From 1 January 2015, what is the total number of Xpresso bus services which have run later than 4 minutes over schedule.
(2) For the answer provided in part (1), how is this number broken down by each Xpresso route.
(3) From 1 January 2015, what is the total number of Xpresso bus services which have run later than 15 minutes over schedule.
(4) For the answer provided in part (3), how is this number broken down by each Xpresso route.
(5) From 1 January 2015, what is the total number of Xpresso bus services which have run earlier than 1 minute before schedule.
(6) For the answer provided in part (5), how is this number broken down by each Xpresso route.
(7) From 1 January 2015, what is the total number of Xpresso bus services which have been scheduled to run but have not completed their route.
(8) For the answer provided in part (7), how is this number broken down by each Xpresso route.
Mr Rattenbury: The answer to the member’s question is as follows:
With regards to the questions (1), (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6), Public Transport cannot provide information as requested by Mr Coe MLA as available systems do not report this way.
Trips are measured for overall running using timing points, meaning that a service can be both early and late during the same trip. Early running is defined as departing a timing point more than one minute earlier than scheduled and late running is defined as departing a timing point more than four minutes later than scheduled.
These measures are reported as a percentage.
Xpresso services tend to run with a greater variation to time than other services as they only run during peak periods and do not always travel on established public transport corridors. The tendency to run early is particularly prominent in the evening, where most passengers board at the start of the service and as the driver is only dropping off, there is no requirement to dwell.
It should also be noted that the upcoming timetable adjustment on 18 May 2015 is aimed at improving on time running performance of ACTION services.
From the data available for the period of 1 January 2015 to 31 March 2015, the following information is provided.
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