MORE than 1,000 railway stations across the country have been more reliable than Droitwich Spa for on-time arrivals in recent months.
This is despite Droitwich rising 296 places in the country-wide ranking of train station reliability over the past 12 weeks.
Over the last 12 weeks, Droitwich station ranks the 1,138th highest out of the country’s 2,639 railway stations for reliability, with 62 per cent of all trains arriving at the station being on time.
Only 4 per cent of trains departing Droitwich have been 10 minutes late or more and just 2 per cent have been cancelled.
In addition, 26 per cent of all trains arriving at the station since mid July were less than five minutes late.
However, Droitwich has only been the 854th busiest station in the country, meaning its performance still ranks 284 places below how busy it is.
The data has been collected by railway reliability website OnTimeTrains.
Redditch station is currently the highest performing in Worcestershire, ranking 537th best in the country over the last three months.
Droitwich Spa Station is operated by West Midlands Railway.
A spokesperson for the rail firm said: “We run over 1,200 services each day and work closely with industry partners to continuously improve reliability.
“One of the ways we’re doing this is through our major £1billion investment in new trains and maintenance facilities, including our Class 196 fleet on the route to Hereford, our electric Class 730 fleet on the Cross City line, and major upgrades to our Birmingham maintenance depot, which will improve journeys for our customers across the West Midlands.
“The OnTimeTrains website measures the proportion of trains arriving at a particular station early, on time or less than one minute late. For each station, most of the trains recorded as delayed were 1-2 minutes late.
“Delays or cancellations can occur for a wide variety of reasons including industrial action, cable theft, weather and infrastructure issues.
“Any passenger whose journey is delayed by 15 minutes or more for any reason can claim compensation via the Delay Repay scheme.”
