The Early Bird Catches the Worm

A few weeks ago, I blogged about my homeward bound journey experiences, using the new Chiltern Railways timetable that started on 5 September 2011.

I now tend to catch the same train to work most mornings. The general view of the recent performance of Chirltern Railways is that it has been fairly poor. My own experience is that the performance of my normal morning train has been pretty good.

Because I can geek for England, I tend to record details of my train journeys. Please see below for the detail.

The train (1H03) has been short formed twice (three carriages instead of four). I have had a seat on every day, except for one of the short-formed days.

Chiltern Railways had have had a lot of stick recently from disgruntled customers. It's a real shame that I have had to start travelling at stupid o'clock in the morning to have a decent journey to work - If everyone could have my experience, then there would be lots of contented customers around.

Date	Origin	Destination	TOPS	Dep	Arr		Delay (see note)*	Av Spd
12-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168217	06:36	07:06		On time	72.6mph
14-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168217	06:36	07:10		0h 04m	64mph
15-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168107	06:34	07:05	-	0h 01m	70.2mph
16-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168005	06:37	07:18		0h 12m	53.1mph
19-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168219	06:36	07:06		On time	72.6mph
20-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168215	06:34	07:04	-	0h 02m	72.6mph
21-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168219	06:33	07:02	-	0h 04m	75.1mph
22-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168001	06:33	07:03	-	0h 03m	72.6mph
23-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168002	06:33	07:05	-	0h 01m	68mph
26-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168003	06:35	07:05	-	0h 01m	72.6mph
27-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168215	06:34	07:04	-	0h 02m	72.6mph
29-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168001	06:33	07:06		On time	66mph
30-Sep-11	PRR	MYB	168106	06:35	07:05	-	0h 01m	72.6mph
03-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168003	06:38	07:09		On time	70.2mph
04-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168005	06:35	07:05	-	0h 04m	72.6mph
05-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168001	06:34	07:07	-	0h 02m	66mph
06-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168005	06:34	07:04	-	0h 05m	72.6mph
07-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168216	06:37	07:07	-	0h 02m	72.6mph
10-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168217	06:35	07:05	-	0h 04m	72.6mph
11-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168003	06:38	07:14		0h 05m	60.5mph
12-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168215	06:37	07:11		0h 02m	64mph
13-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168216	06:35	07:09		On time	64mph
14-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168106	06:37	07:09		On time	68mph
17-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168106	06:35	07:05	-	0h 04m	72.6mph
18-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168001	06:38	07:11		0h 02m	66mph
19-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168002	06:34	07:05	-	0h 04m	70.2mph
20-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168106	06:38	07:09		On time	70.2mph
25-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168005	06:35	07:15		0h 06m	54.4mph
26-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168110	06:36	07:06	-	0h 03m	72.6mph
27-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168002	06:34	07:08	-	0h 01m	64mph
28-Oct-11	PRR	MYB	168216	06:35	07:05	-	0h 04m	72.6mph
01-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168002	06:33	07:05	-	0h 04m	68mph
03-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168109	06:35	07:06	-	0h 03m	70.2mph
09-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168106	06:35	07:05	-	0h 04m	72.6mph
11-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168002	06:33	07:03	-	0h 06m	72.6mph
14-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168216	06:34	07:05	-	0h 04m	70.2mph
15-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168217	06:33	07:05	-	0h 04m	68mph
17-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168003	06:34	07:05	-	0h 04m	70.2mph
18-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168216	06:34	07:04	-	0h 05m	72.6mph
21-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168217	06:33	07:05	-	0h 04m	68mph
22-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168005	06:35	07:06	-	0h 03m	70.2mph
24-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168003	06:34	07:05	-	0h 04m	70.2mph
29-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168005	06:33	07:04	-	0h 05m	70.2mph
30-Nov-11	PRR	MYB	168216	06:35	07:05	-	0h 04m	72.6mph
05-Dec-11	PRR	MYB	168216	06:35	07:06	-	0h 03m	70.2mph

*NB A Minus Sign (-) in the 'Delay' column indicates that the train was early.