Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2022 to Question 80947 on Avanti West Coast: Stockport, whether his Department has recorded the proportion of Avanti West Coast services that ran on days that industrial action did not take place (a) since June 2022 and (b) in the same period in 2021.
Information relating to trains planned and cancellations by operator is publicly available on the Office and Rail and Road website. Avanti West Coast’s information is included below
Avanti West Coast has sought force majeure relief under its contract for industrial action including for the impact of the withdrawal of rest day working. While the Department considers this claim it is unable to accurately exclude data relating to periods affected by industrial action in 2022/23. There was no industrial action in the period for 2021/22.
Rail period | Trains planned | Trains part cancelled | Trains full cancelled | Cancellations score (number) | Proportion of services that ran |
30 May – 26 June 2021 | 6,049 | 61 | 65 | 96 | 98.4% |
27 June – 24 July 2021 | 6,092 | 116 | 264 | 322 | 94.7% |
25 July – 21 August 2021 | 4,931 | 71 | 81 | 117 | 97.6% |
22 August – 18 September 2021 | 6,047 | 70 | 69 | 104 | 98.3% |
19 September – 16 October 2021 | 6,123 | 79 | 61 | 101 | 98.4% |
Rail period | Trains planned | Trains part cancelled | Trains full cancelled | Cancellations score (number) | Proportion of services that ran |
29 May – 25 June 2022 | 5,949 | 147 | 494 | 568 | 90.5% |
26 June – 23 July 2022 | 6,432 | 288 | 899 | 1,043 | 83.8% |
24 July – 20 August 2022 | 5,230 | 236 | 663 | 781 | 85.1% |
21 August – 17 September 2022 | 4,791 | 122 | 264 | 325 | 93.2% |
18 September – 15 October 2022 | 4,528 | 186 | 241 | 334 | 92.6% |