The recognition of prepare journey grew – These are the explanation why trains are late – 2024-07-05 06:43:15

The recognition of long-distance prepare service has grown. Taru Rokka

In response to the railway firm VR, the recognition of long-distance prepare site visitors has grown in Finland.

In June 2024, 1.4 million prepare journeys had been made, which is 4% greater than in June 2023.

VR says that the variety of passengers elevated by 3% in comparison with the corresponding interval of the earlier yr. In January-June, the variety of passengers elevated by 3% in comparison with the identical interval of the earlier yr.

For these causes, trains are late

In its announcement, VR additionally opens up concerning the punctuality of trains and the explanations for delays.

The punctuality of long-distance trains decreased in the summertime. In June, the accuracy was 77%, whereas in Might the accuracy was nonetheless 94%. Punctuality is measured to the closest 5 minutes.

In response to VR, virtually half of the delays had been as a result of causes associated to the observe, resembling pace limits or gear and electrical faults.

– In the mean time, the principle line has loads of e.g. pace restrictions as a result of observe works, which trigger delays, and that are then repeated, for instance, on interchanges, VR writes.

In response to VR, a couple of fifth (21%) of the delays had been attributable to “causes as a result of VR”. In response to VR, the remaining delays are as a result of different causes, resembling vandalism.