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Rail Delivery Group

Have rail services got any better since the 1990s?


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Press release


Rail Delivery Group

Have rail services got any better since the 1990s?


  date 12 June 2014
  source Rail Delivery Group
  type Press release

24,000 services now run a day – 4,000 more than 15 years ago.

1.4bn punctual journeys are made a year– up 600m compared to 1997/8.

1.2bn journeys a year are described as ‘good’ or ‘satisfactory’ according to the independent passenger watchdog – up 550 million since 1999.

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