With DfT highlighting the importance of reliability in the IEP contract announcement, here is a list of today's Top 10 most reliable fleets on the national network.
(With thanks to an irate 'Captain of the Golden Spanners' for correcting the earlier version - so this with added Ford Imprimatur!)
Ranking
|
Operator
|
Fleet
|
Maker
|
Miles per 3 min delay
|
1
|
South West Trains
|
Class 458
|
Alstom
|
105,761
|
2
|
South West Trains
|
Class 159/0
|
BREL
|
82,053
|
3
|
London
Midland
|
Class 350/2
|
Siemens
|
75,315
|
4
|
South West Trains
|
Class 159/1
|
BREL
|
70,240
|
5
|
South West Trains
|
Class 158
|
BREL
|
62,932
|
6
|
London
Midland |
Class 350/1
|
Siemens
|
58,652
|
7
|
South West Trains
|
Class 444
|
Siemens
|
51,369
|
8
|
South West Trains
|
Class 455
|
BREL/GEC
|
40,710
|
9
|
Cross
Country
|
Class 220
|
Bombardier
|
38,463
|
10
|
c2c
|
Class 357
|
Bombardier
|
37,840
|
Eye congratulates all the above manufacturers.
UPDATE: This from Button Moon...
I was just wondering if any of your esteemed readers could extend the table of manufacturers’ performance to include Messrs. Hitachi, who already have a fleet of trains operating in the South East?
(Sadly, in the interest of fairness, Eye is unwilling to extend the range of the above table to include lesser performing fleets as Bombardier and Siemens have had quite enough free publicity for the reliability of their rolling stock already. Ed)
UPDATE: This from Deep Purple...
Further to the top ten table, the ‘Owner’ column appears to have been omitted.
This
is at least as important as the ‘Maker’ and would make interesting
reading, 7 of the top 10 and all 5 of the top 5 being Porterbrook
fleets.
Derby may not build trains like it used to but Derby can certainly manage these assets better than the rest.