South West Main Line: Standards
2026-06-22 · Department for Transport · 12602 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of South Western Railway services arrived on time in (a) the final full year before transfer into public ownership and (b) the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer
At the end of May 2025, 84 per cent of South Western Railway (SWR) services arrived on time, or within three minutes of their scheduled arrival time. At the end of May 2026, the same metric showed 83.1 per cent. SWR inherited delays to the introduction of...