In 1Q 2021 90.49% of passenger trains arrived on time at their final destination (delays were over 5 minutes 59 seconds). When compared to 4Q 2020, it is a decrease by over 3%. The highest punctuality rate was recorded in March - 93.27%. In January it reached 90.09%, while in February it was the lowest and amounted to 87.77%. The average delay of a passenger train in 1Q 2021 was 23 minutes.
Among the carriers running more than a thousand trains per month, the highest punctuality rate was achieved by WKD, the Warsaw Commuter Railway - 99.72%. PKP Intercity which runs long distance trains recorded the punctuality rate at of 76.61%.
In 1Q 2021 42.95% of freight trains arrived on time at their final destination. The punctuality rate was slightly over 2% higher than in 4Q 2020. The highest punctuality rate for freight trains was recorded in January - 44.36%. In February the punctuality rate was 39.93%, while in March it was 44.28%. The average delay of a freight train was 658 minutes.
- This year in February we had a drop in punctuality, which was related to the start of the next phase of railway infrastructure modernization and changes in rail traffic organisation. The situation improved with the correction of the annual train timetable on 10 March. The modernization works are necessary and will improve train times and punctuality. The main challenges are for the Śląskie and Mazowieckie voivodships, where modernisation works are carried out at railway junctions which are part of international transport corridors - points out Ignacy Góra, President of the Office of Rail Transport.
Detailed data on train punctuality in 1Q 2021 and data on passenger transport in 2010-2020 and on rail freight in 2013-2020 can be found on our new statistics website Dane Kolejowe (Railway Data) in the Train punctuality section.