Transport, Local Government and the Regions written question – answered at on 23 October 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions on how many occasions in (a) 2001 (b) 2000 and (c) 1999 services on the east coast main line have been disrupted owing to collapse or other failure of the overhead power cables; and what average length of delay has been caused to passenger services as a result.
The following lists from Railtrack show the number of overhead line failures attributable to Railtrack and the train operators respectively in 1999, 2000 and 2001:
Minutes delay to ECML passenger services due to overhead line problems period 11 (January) 1999 to end of period 6 (mid September 2001
Railtrack attributable | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
---|---|---|---|
Total minutes delay | 15,812 | 20,037 | 16,445 |
Number of incidents | 143 | 111 | 80 |
Average delay | 111 | 181 | 206 |
Percentage of all delays on ECML | 5.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 |
Total minutes delay | 3,516 | 4,000 | 1,352 |
Number of incidents | 14 | 23 | 20 |
Average delay | 251 | 174 | 68 |
TOC attributable | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
---|---|---|---|
Total minutes delay | (26)— | 387 | 16,445 |
Number of incidents | (26)— | 5 | 80 |
Average delay | (26)— | 77 | 206 |
Percentage of delays on ECML | (26)— | 0.2 | 2.9 |
(26) Data relating to these were not collected until 2000.
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