Annual Return Reporting on the year 2004/05 31 July 2005 Page 2 Contents Executive summary.....................................................................................................................................................................................................5 Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................................................................16 Network Rail’s regulatory targets....................................................................................................................................................................20 Key performance indicators................................................................................................................................................................................24 Section 1 – Operational performance .........................................................................................................................................................27 Introduction...................................................................................................................................................................................................27 Summarised network-wide data (delays to major operators) ........................................................................................28 National delay data by cause...............................................................................................................................................................30 Results for operating routes by delay category........................................................................................................................34 Further breakdown of performance data....................................................................................................................................43 Public Performance Measure (PPM)...............................................................................................................................................46 Section 2 – Asset failure .......................................................................................................................................................................................47 Infrastructure incidents recorded for attribution of delay..................................................................................................47 Network-wide totals................................................................................................................................................................................47 8 Operating Routes..................................................................................................................................................................................49 Section 3 – Asset quality ......................................................................................................................................................................................54 KPI 6 Network Rail Asset Stewardship Incentive Index (ASII)........................................................................................54 Number of broken rails (M1) .............................................................................................................................................................55 Rail defects (M2).........................................................................................................................................................................................57 Track geometry - national standard deviation data (M3)...................................................................................................60 Track geometry – poor track geometry (M3) ..........................................................................................................................62 Track geometry – speed band data (M3)....................................................................................................................................64 Track geometry – level 2 exceedences (M5)............................................................................................................................73 Condition of asset temporary speed restriction sites (M4)..............................................................................................75 Earthwork failures and derailments (M6).....................................................................................................................................78 Bridge condition (M8).............................................................................................................................................................................80 Signalling failures (M9).............................................................................................................................................................................83 Signalling asset condition (M10)........................................................................................................................................................85 Alternating current traction power incidents causing train delays (M11).................................................................88 Direct current traction power incidents causing train delays (M12) ...........................................................................90 Electrification condition – AC traction feeder stations and track sectioning points (M13)............................92 Electrification condition – DC traction substations (M14)................................................................................................94 Electrification condition – AC traction contact systems (M15)......................................................................................96 Electrification condition – DC traction contact systems (M16) .....................................................................................98 Station condition index (M17)........................................................................................................................................................100 Network Rail 2005 Annual Return Page 3 Station facility score (M18)................................................................................................................................................................103 Light maintenance depot – condition index (M19)............................................................................................................106 Section 4 – Activity volumes...........................................................................................................................................................................108 Introduction................................................................................................................................................................................................108 Track renewals: (M20) rail renewed (M21) sleepers renewed and (M22) ballast renewed......................109 Rail renewed (M20)...............................................................................................................................................................................110 Sleepers renewed (M21)....................................................................................................................................................................111 Ballast renewed (M22).........................................................................................................................................................................113 Switches and crossings renewed (M25)....................................................................................................................................115 Signalling renewed (M24)...................................................................................................................................................................116 Bridge renewals and remediation (M23)...................................................................................................................................117 Culverts renewals and remediation (M26)..............................................................................................................................118 Retaining walls remediation (M27)...............................................................................................................................................119 Earthwork remediation (M28) ........................................................................................................................................................120 Tunnel remediation (M29)................................................................................................................................................................121 Section 5 – Network capability .....................................................................................................................................................................122 Route classification .................................................................................................................................................................................123 Linespeed capability (C1)...................................................................................................................................................................124