Date: 16/06/2013

Statistics produced by the industry regulator have shown that 39 per cent of delays were caused by train operators themselves. In all train companies were responsible for 28 per cent of delays to their own services with a further 11 per cent being the fault of other operators.

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Train operators cause more than a third of rail delays

Telegraph

Driver sickness, broken-down trains and passengers being taken ill during journeys were responsible for thousands of delays last year, official figures have shown.