ALMOST 1,000 railway stations across the country have been more reliable than Bromsgrove for on-time arrivals in recent months.
This is despite Bromsgrove rising 485 places in the country-wide ranking of train station reliability over the past 12 weeks.
Over the last 12 weeks, Bromsgrove station ranks the 949th highest out of the country’s 2,639 railway stations for reliability, with 65 per cent of all trains arriving at the station being on time.
Only 3 per cent of trains departing Bromsgrove have been 10 minutes late or more and just 2 per cent have been cancelled.
In addition, 24 per cent of all trains arriving at the station since mid July were less than five minutes late.
However, Bromsgrove has only been the 756th busiest station in the country, meaning its performance still ranks around 200 places below how reliable it is.
The data has been collected by railway reliability website OnTimeTrains.
Redditch station is currently the highest performing in Worcestershire, ranking 537th best in the country over the last three months.
Bromsgrove also ranks below Kidderminster, Barnt Green, Blakedown and Wythall in the national rankings.
Bromsgrove Station is operated by West Midlands Railway.
A spokesperson for the rail firm said: “We run over 1,200 services each day and work closely with industry partners to continuously improve reliability.
“One of the ways we’re doing this is through our major £1billion investment in new trains and maintenance facilities, including our Class 196 fleet on the route to Hereford, our electric Class 730 fleet on the Cross City line, and major upgrades to our Birmingham maintenance depot, which will improve journeys for our customers across the West Midlands.
“The OnTimeTrains website measures the proportion of trains arriving at a particular station early, on time or less than one minute late. For each station, most of the trains recorded as delayed were 1-2 minutes late.
“Delays or cancellations can occur for a wide variety of reasons including industrial action, cable theft, weather and infrastructure issues.
“Any passenger whose journey is delayed by 15 minutes or more for any reason can claim compensation via the Delay Repay scheme.”
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