That are Britain's most and least dependable trains?

The deteriorating state of German intercity trains, which are even much less punctual than Britain’s worst operator, has been laid naked in new evaluation.

It comes after German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, final week dismissed options that the nation’s community ought to be privatised and mockingly mentioned it could “finish as badly as in England, the place nothing works any extra”.

Deutsche Bahn, the German state-owned rail group is nevertheless – in line with new figures from the Monetary Instances – constantly delivering one of many least dependable companies in central Europe and compared to UK railways.

The analysis states that roughly 72 per cent of Deutsche Bahn’s intercity trains arrived inside a 10-minute window of their scheduled arrival time in 12 months to January, in contrast with 78 per cent of British long-distance trains.

Punctuality additionally reportedly impacts long-distance prepare journey throughout central Europe.

The evaluation tracks some 1.9 billion arrivals at stations, as proven by web sites Bahn-Vorhersage and Zugfinder, from February 2024 till the tip of January 2025.

It additionally revealed that roughly 20 per cent of intercity trains in Germany have been delayed by greater than quarter-hour within the 12-month interval – virtually twice the quantity that Avanti West Coast experiences and 10 instances as a lot as all of the companies within the UK.

Workplace of Rail and Highway figures from April to June 2024 confirmed how punctual trains have been final yr.

Within the timeframe lined, 70.1 per cent of recorded station stops in Nice Britain (14.4 million out of 20.5 million) had arrived at on time.

Better Anglia: 87.2 per cent

Chiltern Railways: 82 per cent

Heathrow Categorical: 75.9 per cent

Avanti West Coast: 41.2 per cent

Grand Central: 48.4 per cent

CrossCountry: 51.3 per cent

TransPennine Categorical: 53 per cent

Hull Trains: 56.3 per cent