ScotRail Glasgow Queen Street/Edinburgh Waverley journey time of 42 minutes: FOI release

Information requested

 

How many ScotRail services running between Glasgow Queen Street and Edinburgh Waverley meet the fastest journey time of 42 minutes in April 2019.

This figure as a percentage of all trains running on this route.

Response

 

I have summarised the information you have requested in table format below.  I have also included May 2019 information as ScotRail recently introduced a timetable change which provides an increase in the number of 42 minutes journeys on the Edinburgh to Glasgow via Falkirk High route.  

Table 1

All timetabled journeys between Glasgow and Edinburgh via Falkirk High per day and the percentage that are scheduled as 42 minutes. 

This table combines all journeys between Glasgow and Edinburgh in both directions for one standard weekday. 

	Table 1
	Total number of ScotRail trains scheduled to travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh (via Falkirk High) per weekday – both directions	Number of ScotRail trains scheduled to travel between Glasgow and Edinburgh in 42 minutes or less per weekday – both directions	%
April 2019 (December 2018 Timetable)	124	2	1.61%
May 2019 (May 2019 Timetable)	126	10	7.94%

 

Tables 2 & 3 

All timetabled journeys showing the breakdown for Weekdays and Saturdays and for each direction of travel. (Sundays are not included as no services do 42 minutes in either direction as they run to a different calling pattern than the rest of the week) 

	Table 2 – Glasgow to Edinburgh
	Total number of ScotRail trains scheduled per day between Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley (via Falkirk High)		Number of ScotRail trains scheduled per day to travel between Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverley (via Falkirk High) in 42 minutes or less		% of trains per day scheduled to complete journey in 42 minutes or less
	Normal Weekday	Normal Saturday	Normal Weekday	Normal Saturday	Normal Weekday	Normal Saturday
April 2019 (December 2018 Timetable)	62	61	1	1	1.61%	1.64%
May 2019 (May 2019 Timetable)	63	62	2	3	3.17%	4.84%

 

 

	Table 3 – Edinburgh to Glasgow
	Total number of ScotRail trains scheduled per day between Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street (via Falkirk High)		Number of ScotRail trains scheduled per day to travel between Edinburgh Waverley to Glasgow Queen Street (via Falkirk High) in 42 minutes or less		% of trains per day scheduled to complete journey in 42 minutes or less
	Normal Weekday	Normal Saturday	Normal Weekday	Normal Saturday	Normal Weekday	Normal Saturday
April 2019 (December 2018 Timetable)	62	61	1	1	1.61%	1.64%
May 2019 (May 2019 Timetable)	63	62	8	13	12.70%	20.97%

 

The figures contained in the above tables are based on the published, public timetables and will not account for any variance that might exist in any working timetables or for the actual number of services which have run to time. The tables depict what is published in the timetable as scheduled to run.

 

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