Saturday, October 01, 2005

Summary 26-30 September

A very good week again this week with only one delayed train. Although it was only a four day week, that's the first time ever that all homeward bound trains have been on time. If Connex can keep this up for a few more weeks, we'll have to start to believe that they really are improving.

I'm in Perth again next week so I won't know how they go apart from any SMS alerts.

The stats are now 60% green, 24% orange and 16% red, probably the best it's ever been!

Mon 26/09Tue 27/09Wed 28/09Thu 29/09Fri 30/09
N/A07:1407:1407:1407:14
N/A17:3818:0118:0118:24
Mon 19/09Tue 20/09Wed 21/09Thu 22/09Fri 23/09
07:1407:1407:1407:1406:59
16:57N/A17:3818:01N/A
Mon 12/09Tue 13/09Wed 14/09Thu 15/09Fri 16/09
07:1407:1407:14N/A07:14
17:2717:3817:38N/A18:50
Mon 29/08Tue 30/08Wed 31/08Thu 01/09Fri 02/09
07:1407:1407:14N/A07:14
17:2717:3818:12N/AN/A
Mon 22/08Tue 23/08Wed 24/08Thu 25/08Fri 26/08
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
17:3817:3817:3818:0117:27
Mon 15/08Tue 16/08Wed 17/08Thu 18/08Fri 19/08
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
17:3817:3817:4917:3817:38
Mon 08/08Tue 09/08Wed 10/08Thu 11/08Fri 12/08
07:1407:1407:1410:1707:14
18:0117:3817:3817:4917:38
Mon 01/08Tue 02/08Wed 03/08Thu 04/08Fri 05/08
07:1407:1407:1407:1409:24
17:3817:3817:4917:38N/A
Mon 25/07Tue 26/07Wed 27/07Thu 28/07Fri 29/07
N/AN/A07:1407:1407:14
N/AN/A17:2711:4218:24
Mon 18/07Tue 19/07Wed 20/07Thu 21/07Fri 22/07
06:5907:1407:1407:1407:14
17:3818:1217:3817:3816:27
Mon 11/07Tue 12/07Wed 15/07Thu 14/07Fri 15/07
07:1406:5907:1407:1407:14
18:0117:3817:3818:5018:01
Mon 06/06Tue 07/06Wed 08/06Thu 09/06Fri 10/06
07:1407:14N/AN/A N/A
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Mon 30/05Tue 31/05Wed 01/06Thu 02/06Fri 03/06
08:3907:1407:1406:5905:40
17:4917:4918:1218:2418:12
Mon 23/05Tue 24/05Wed 25/05Thu 26/05Fri 27/05
07:1407:14N/A07:1407:14
17:3818:24N/A17:4917:38
Mon 16/05Tue 17/05Wed 18/05Thu 19/05Fri 20/05
07:1412:4706:59N/A07:14
17:3817:3817:38N/A17:38
Mon 09/05Tue 10/05Wed 11/05Thu 12/05Fri 13/05
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
18:0117:3818:0118:1218:35
Mon 02/05Tue 03/05Wed 04/05Thu 05/05Fri 06/05
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
16:3717:3817:3817:3818:50
Mon 25/04Tue 26/04Wed 27/04Thu 28/04Fri 29/04
N/AN/AN/AN/A09:11
N/AN/AN/AN/A17:38
Mon 18/04Tue 19/04Wed 20/04Thu 21/04Fri 22/04
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
17:4917:3817:3817:3817:38
Mon 11/04Tue 12/04Wed 13/04Thu 14/04Fri 15/04
07:1407:1407:14N/A07:14
17:3817:2717:27N/A19:35
Mon 04/04Tue 05/04Wed 06/04Thu 07/04Fri 08/04
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
17:3817:3817:3817:2717:38

Friday, September 30, 2005

Fri 30 September - 07:14 where are you...?

The platform information system tells us the 07:14 is going to be two minutes late. It arrives four minutes late. Surely the system "knows" where the train is and thus how long it should take to arrive? At least it showed up, unlike the 07:39, which is cancelled.

On the 18:24 coming home and it's on time.

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Thu 29 September - Good on ya Connex...

Yep, the 07:14 is on time again.

And the 18:01 is on time too - well done Connex!

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Wed 28 September - Are we there yet...?

The 07:14 is on time again.

A comment/question was posted yesterday "that last week, isnt that a full week of reliable services?". My first answer is "no", based on the pantomime that we had last Thursday. Not only was the train a few minutes late, but you could hardly call the get on, get off, get back on again routine a reliable service.

But that prompted me to look again at the original objective and see if we are actually getting a more reliable service. Undoubtedly yes, it is more reliable than when I started. But my original claim was this "I don't believe that of the ten scheduled trains that I would wish to catch in any given week, all ten have ever run as scheduled." And that still stands.

While it might seem unfair, I also need it to be all ten trips in any given week. Sure it's not Connex' fault that I chose to get a taxi a couple of times last week. But I want to see a full week of all trips getting a green. Yes that makes it tougher, given that roughly one week in two I miss at least one trip in a week. But as I said in the beginning "I plan to keep a diary for a while and we'll see how often Connex can deliver me a full week of reliable services. Yes, I know that's a little self-centred, but isn't that the whole point of blogging?" So far, after nearly six months, the answer is still never.

Going home on the 18:01 - this is the one that often seems to have problems, but tonight we're on time.

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Tue 27 September - Back into it...

The 07:14 is on time this morning.

And the 17:38 is good for the homeward journey.

Monday, September 26, 2005

Mon 26 September - Holiday...

Another day off today - still enjoying the Swans' first premiership in 72 years!

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Summary 19-23 September

A much better week, although I skipped two homeward journeys in favour of taxis. All the inbound trains were pretty much on time, a feat we have seen once or twice before. This performance pulled red back to 16% and pushed green back to 59% while orange remained at 25%.

Mon 19/09Tue 20/09Wed 21/09Thu 22/09Fri 23/09
07:1407:1407:1407:1406:59
16:57N/A17:3818:01N/A
Mon 12/09Tue 13/09Wed 14/09Thu 15/09Fri 16/09
07:1407:1407:14N/A07:14
17:2717:3817:38N/A18:50
Mon 29/08Tue 30/08Wed 31/08Thu 01/09Fri 02/09
07:1407:1407:14N/A07:14
17:2717:3818:12N/AN/A
Mon 22/08Tue 23/08Wed 24/08Thu 25/08Fri 26/08
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
17:3817:3817:3818:0117:27
Mon 15/08Tue 16/08Wed 17/08Thu 18/08Fri 19/08
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
17:3817:3817:4917:3817:38
Mon 08/08Tue 09/08Wed 10/08Thu 11/08Fri 12/08
07:1407:1407:1410:1707:14
18:0117:3817:3817:4917:38
Mon 01/08Tue 02/08Wed 03/08Thu 04/08Fri 05/08
07:1407:1407:1407:1409:24
17:3817:3817:4917:38N/A
Mon 25/07Tue 26/07Wed 27/07Thu 28/07Fri 29/07
N/AN/A07:1407:1407:14
N/AN/A17:2711:4218:24
Mon 18/07Tue 19/07Wed 20/07Thu 21/07Fri 22/07
06:5907:1407:1407:1407:14
17:3818:1217:3817:3816:27
Mon 11/07Tue 12/07Wed 15/07Thu 14/07Fri 15/07
07:1406:5907:1407:1407:14
18:0117:3817:3818:5018:01
Mon 06/06Tue 07/06Wed 08/06Thu 09/06Fri 10/06
07:1407:14N/AN/A N/A
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Mon 30/05Tue 31/05Wed 01/06Thu 02/06Fri 03/06
08:3907:1407:1406:5905:40
17:4917:4918:1218:2418:12
Mon 23/05Tue 24/05Wed 25/05Thu 26/05Fri 27/05
07:1407:14N/A07:1407:14
17:3818:24N/A17:4917:38
Mon 16/05Tue 17/05Wed 18/05Thu 19/05Fri 20/05
07:1412:4706:59N/A07:14
17:3817:3817:38N/A17:38
Mon 09/05Tue 10/05Wed 11/05Thu 12/05Fri 13/05
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
18:0117:3818:0118:1218:35
Mon 02/05Tue 03/05Wed 04/05Thu 05/05Fri 06/05
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
16:3717:3817:3817:3818:50
Mon 25/04Tue 26/04Wed 27/04Thu 28/04Fri 29/04
N/AN/AN/AN/A09:11
N/AN/AN/AN/A17:38
Mon 18/04Tue 19/04Wed 20/04Thu 21/04Fri 22/04
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
17:4917:3817:3817:3817:38
Mon 11/04Tue 12/04Wed 13/04Thu 14/04Fri 15/04
07:1407:1407:14N/A07:14
17:3817:2717:27N/A19:35
Mon 04/04Tue 05/04Wed 06/04Thu 07/04Fri 08/04
07:1407:1407:1407:1407:14
17:3817:3817:3817:2717:38