Signalling and track defect statistics

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Dear Network Rail Limited,

I am looking to attain the list of all infrastructure failure statistics for as far back as available records exist (probably 2001/2002, but perhaps before).

Whilst the ORR data portal does publish a dataset of all broken rails and track buckles (http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayrepo...), it would be useful to understand long term trends in other infrastructure defects, such as signal failures and S&C defects.

Examples of the minimum relevant information for each entry would be:
DATE/TIME
DEFECT TYPE
ELR/MILEAGE
TRACK ID
DELAY MINUTES RESULTING

If a national/NR route record of these statistics does not exist, then I do not wish you to expend a great effort in creating them as this would undoubtedly be disproportionate effort.

However, having seen presentations using these statistics from NR colleagues, I believe these datasets do exist already and it would be very useful for me to receive these in CSV/ODS/Excel-capable format.

Yours faithfully,

Gareth Dennis

FOI, Network Rail Limited

Reference number: FOI2018/0

Dear Mr Dennis

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Claire Duncan | Information Officer
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Reference Number: FOI2018/01282

Dear Mr Dennis,

Please find attached a letter from Network Rail in response to your recent request for information.

Kind regards

Claire Duncan | Information Officer
Freedom of Information | Legal & Corporate Services

Network Rail | 1st Floor | Willen Building | The Quadrant: MK
Elder Gate | Milton Keynes | MK9 1EN
External 01908 782 405 | Internal 085 22405
Email: [Network Rail request email]
Web: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/foi/

Mental Health Champion

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