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NATIONAL RAIL HELPS DELIVER AN OUTSTANDING OLYMPIC GAMES
With trains the most popular way to travel to London 2012 events, a historic increase in capacity and high levels of punctuality, the railway has helped show the world that Britain can deliver an outstanding Olympic Games.
• Around 55% of Olympic spectators, up to five million people, used rail for part of their journeys to events, a larger share than the Tube or roads.
• Since the opening ceremony, train companies have run 12.4 million extra seats, an increase of 18.5% on normal services, believed to be the most sustained increase in capacity in the railway’s 187-year history. Today alone, train companies are providing 1,146,072 additional seats, an increase of 63%.
• As well as running a total of 74.9 million seats, the railway performed exceptionally well. Since the first day of the Olympics, the available data shows that the daily average punctuality and reliability of National Rail ranged from 91.5% to 94.7%.
The railway has worked at full capacity for more than two weeks, with train companies running extra services and longer trains, and extending the timetable to cater for
late running events. The normal schedule of maintenance for trains and major track and signal work was bought forward and done before the Games to make sure train companies can run as many services as possible, an approach which would be unsustainable all year round.
Michael Roberts, Chief Executive of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC), said: “As the world’s attention has been on Great Britain, the railway has played its part in showing that Britain can deliver an outstanding Olympic Games. Millions of passengers from here and abroad have been able to rely on their train to get them to their destination and home again, from early in the morning until well past midnight.
“A big thank you goes to all our passengers who planned ahead and helped the railway to run smoothly. We are also indebted to our fantastic staff and colleagues across the rail industry who with good humour have worked flat out to deliver the first truly successful public transport Olympics.
“[…]Once London 2012 is over, our plan is to use the experience of the Games to learn how we can continue improving services and delivering for passengers.”
DB SCHENKER RAIL INCREASES SERVICE ON THE LONDON-
WROCLAW CORRIDOR DB Schenker Rail is expanding its service between Poland and the United Kingdom. Starting on October 9, an additional weekly freight train will help to satisfy the demand for transport services on this trade corridor. Since November 2011, DB Schenker Rail has already been running one train service between Wroclaw and London.
Alexander Hedderich, Chairman of DB Schenker Rail: “This is our response to the increasing demand from customers. We have successfully established a new transport corridor within DB Schenker Rail’s pan- European network. At the same time, we are also demonstrating the growing possibilities for long-distance European freight transport, with the shift of goods to environmentally friendly rail freight.”
The service is used by customers from the automotive industry and the retail and food sectors. Starting in October, trains will be leaving London for Poland on Tuesday and Fridays, with departures in the other direction on Tuesdays and Saturdays. The trains need about 50 hours for the route, which is roughly 2,000 kilometers long.
The new service will help to save around 3,700 truck journeys over 135,000 kilometers on the roads. The train will be the second regular rail freight service using High Speed 1. The route connects the channel tunnel with London and is the only route in the United Kingdom that permits European loading gauges.
DB Schenker Rail plans to expand services on the corridor in accordance with market development.
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