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Given the current dire state of British rail travel, we’re all likely well aware of the sinking feeling and panic of your journey being cancelled. But if you’re down south and you think you’ve got it bad? Well, southern trains ain’t got a patch on their northern brethren. In fact, passengers in the north of England are the most hard done by when it comes to train cancellations.
According to research by rail performance-tracking website On Time Trains, Huddersfield train station in West Yorkshire was the worst in the UK for cancellations between January 1 and July 31 2023. Over 5,500 of its journeys were cancelled over the seven month period – that’s 13 percent of all services.
Manchester Victoria followed with ten percent of its trains being cancelled, while York, Newcastle and Manchester Oxford Road all saw nine percent of their journeys called off. Manchester’s Piccadilly station also made the list, making it the least reliable city overall.
Researchers also discovered which of the country’s busiest stations had the highest rate of ten-minute-plus delays. They revealed that around ten percent of trains at Bath Spa, Milton Keynes and Crewe departed ten minutes or more behind schedule.
BBC reported that three percent of all trains across the country were cancelled between January and July. Here’s the list of the top ten worst stations for cancellations and the percentage of their services affected.
- Huddersfield, West Yorkshire: 13 percent
- Manchester Victoria, Manchester: ten percent
- York: nine percent
- Newcastle: nine percent
- Manchester Oxford Road, Manchester: nine percent
- Preston: seven percent
- Cardiff Central, Cardiff: seven percent
- Liverpool Lime Street, Liverpool: seven percent
- Manchester Piccadilly, Greater Manchester: seven percent
- Willesden Junction, London: seven percent
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