9. RailYatri’s National Train Delay Index for 2017 stands at 53 mins

Year	RailYatri’s National Train Delay Index (in minutes)
2015	44
2016	45
2017	53

Notes -

• Train delays in 2017 have seen a substantial increase of 20% over the last two years (2015 and 2016)

• Delay index has been calculated based on the data between January 15 till December 15 of the respective year.

• Total number of trains considered =

  • Year 2015: 2588 trains

  • Year 2016: 2586 trains

  • Year 2017: 2735 trains

• Total number of stations considered =

  • Year 2015: 3050 stations

  • Year 2016: 3050 stations

  • Year 2017: 3050 stations

9. Nationwide: Top 10 stations with least and worst train delays of 2017

Top 10 stations with least delays in 2017

No	Station Code	Station	State	Number of trains tracked	Train Delay Index (minutes)
1	MS	CHENNAI EGMORE	Tamil Nadu	84	8
2	MRJ	MIRAJ	Maharashtra	56	10
3	VM	VILLUPURAM	Tamil Nadu	95	14
4	TPJ	TIRUCHIRRAPPALLI	Tamil Nadu	85	15
5	UBL	HUBLI	Karnataka	70	15
6	MAS	CHENNAI CENTRAL	Tamil Nadu	173	17
7	BSR	VASAI ROAD	Maharashtra	95	17
8	INDB	INDORE JN	Madhya Pradesh	64	17
9	BVI	BORIVALI	Maharashtra	116	18
10	TBM	TAMBARAM	Tamil Nadu	62	18

 

Top 10 stations with worst delays in 2017

No	Station Code	Station	State	Number of trains tracked	Train Delay Index (minutes)
1	TDL	TUNDLA	Uttar Pradesh	107	181
2	ALJN	ALIGARH JN	Uttar Pradesh	73	180
3	BXR	BUXAR	Bihar	90	172
4	ANVT	DELHI ANAND VIHAR	Delhi	69	171
5	ARA	ARA	Bihar	88	165
6	BST	BASTI	Uttar Pradesh	96	157
7	ETW	ETAWAH	Uttar Pradesh	63	155
8	SV	SIWAN JN	Bihar	68	151
9	SLN	SULTANPUR	Uttar Pradesh	56	147
10	MFP	MUZAFFARPUR	Bihar	118	147

 

Notes -

• Stations having stops of more than 50 unique trains per week have been considered for the top 10 lists.

• It is important to note here that the National Train Delay Index for 2017 stands at 53 mins.

• Stations from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar come in the top 25 stations with the maximum delays. PHAGWARA JN (PGW) from Punjab is the first station from the third state which comes at 38^th number with worst delays.

4. State-wise Train Delay Index. Bihar continues to have the highest delays. Gujarat has the lowest.

	State	Station Count	Train Delay Index (mins)			Three Year Delay % Increase
			2017	2016	2015
1	Bihar	256	104	93	80	30%
2	Uttar Pradesh	445	95	87	72	32%
3	Punjab	106	67	68	64	5%
4	Goa	9	64	54	54	19%
5	Assam	111	62	47	46	35%
6	Jharkhand	106		44	47	21%
7	Delhi	27	55	56	52	6%
8	Haryana	63	55	53	50	10%
9	Madhya Pradesh	213	50	47	48	4%
10	West Bengal	172	47	36	37	27%
11	Uttarakhand	25	46	42	32	44%
12	Chhattisgarh	59	44	35	31	42%
13	Rajasthan	195	44	34	30	47%
14	Telangana	93	43	34	46	(-7%)
15	Orissa	129	40	29	31	29%
16	Andhra Pradesh	160	39	29	34	15%
17	Kerala	91	37	31	25	48%
18	Maharashtra	228	36	28	29	24%
19	Karnataka	137	31	24	23	35%
20	Tamil Nadu	170	25	19	19	32%
21	Gujarat	149	24	18	21	14%
22	Himachal Pradesh	3	15	11	6	150%

 

Notes -

• Bihar continues to the state where travellers continue to face the maximum delays. At the current rate of increase, it is well possible that the average delay at its stations may cross 2 hrs in few years.

• Three states – Uttarakhand, Bihar and Kerala – are showing a double digit percentage increase in train delays consecutively over the last two years.

• In terms of increase of delays spread over three years – the two worst performing states are Rajasthan and Kerala. (nearly 47% increase in 3 years)

• While its average delay index is still among the top three, Punjab has shown the lowest rate of increase in train delays over the last three years. (only 5% increase in 3 years)

  • Similarly, state of Delhi has shown the second lowest rate of increase in train delays (6% in 3 years)

• In terms of percentage increase in train delays in 2017 – the state of Orissa and Gujarat saw the maximum increase (nearly 28%). However, considering the low average delays in Gujarat, this impact of increase is minimal.

• In terms of percentage decrease in train delays in 2017 – the state of Punjab and Delhi showed a decrease in delays (by nearly 1.5%).

• To summarize –

  • Top 5 states with maximum train delays in 2017: Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Goa, and Assam

  • Top 5 states with least train delays in 2017: Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala

13. Nation-wide: How have major stations performed over 3 years

No	Station	State	Number of trains tracked	Train Delay Index (mins)			3-yr Change
				2015	2016	2017
1	CHENNAI CENTRAL (MAS)	Tamil Nadu	173	14	11	15	+7%
2	NEW DELHI (NDLS)	Delhi	238	54	55	54	0%
3	HOWRAH (HWH)	West Bengal	228	28	29	43	+54%
4	MUMBAI C SHIVAJI TERM (CSTM)	Maharashtra	94	20	16	27	+35%
5	KANPUR CENT (CNB)	Uttar Pradesh	319	95	110	113	+19%
6	BHOPAL (BPL)	Madhya Pradesh	226	52	51	60	+15%
7	PATNA (PNBE)	Bihar	168	84	86	91	+8%
8	JAIPUR (JP)	Rajasthan	162	26	32	42	+62%
9	AHMEDABAD (ADI)	Gujarat	252	15	11	18	+20%
10	SECUNDERABAD (SC)	Telangana	154	60	21	57	(-5%)
11	NAGPUR (NGP)	Maharashtra	232	30	30	38	+27%
12	ALLAHABAD (ALD)	Uttar Pradesh	206	110	115	117	+6%
13	GUWAHATI (GHY)	Assam	100	46	54	71	+54%
14	BENGALURU CENT (SBC)	Karnataka	116	11	16	20	+82%
15	BHUBANESWAR (BBS)	Orissa	204	39	32	40	+3%

 

Notes -

• It is important to note here that the National Train Delay Index for 2017 stands at 53 mins.

11. Nation-wide: Top 10 stations where significant improvement has been seen in delay reductions over 3 years

No	Station	State	Number of trains tracked	Train Delay Index (mins)			3-yr improvements
				2015	2016	2017
1	HAPA (HAPA)	Gujarat	53	78	18	30	62%
2	CHANDIGARH (CDG)	Chandigarh	64	52	20	24	54%
3	INDORE (INDB)	Madhya Pradesh	64	21	12	16	23%
4	DAHOD (DHD)	Gujarat	74	47	37	37	21%
5	VRIDHACHALAM (VRI)	Tamil Nadu	50	28	23	23	20%
6	H NIZAMUDDIN (NZM)	Delhi	183	46	45	37	19%
7	ANAKAPALLE (AKP)	Andhra Pradesh	51	35	23	29	18%
8	SIRPUR KAGAHZNAGAR (SKZR)	Telangana	89	66	60	55	18%
9	RATLAM (RTM)	Madhya Pradesh	134	35	28	29	16%
10	PURI (PURI)	Orissa	78	37	26	32	14%

 

Notes -

• Stations having stops of more than 50 unique trains per week have been considered.

• Though Gujarat has shown an average improvement of 62%, the delays have increased in 2017 as compared to 2016.

12. Nation-wide: Top 10 stations where delays have significantly increased over 3 years

No	Station	State	Number of trains tracked	Train Delay Index (mins)			3-yr Increase
				2015	2016	2017
1	HUBLI (UBL)	Karnataka	70	3	6	13	294%
2	REWARI (RE)	Haryana	72	9	19	30	237%
3	SHORANUR (SRR)	Kerala	113	9	18	28	209%
4	KANNUR (CAN)	Kerala	94	13	23	35	171%
5	PALAKKAD (PGT)	Kerala	105	11	20	27	143%
6	KOZHIKODE (CLT)	Kerala	98	15	24	34	134%
7	GORAKHPUR JN (GKP)	Uttar Pradesh	166	50	75	105	111%
8	RAMPUR HAT (RPH)	West Bengal	87	17	16	35	107%
9	KHALILABAD (KLD)	Uttar Pradesh	60	61	88	126	106%
10	BASTI (BST)	Uttar Pradesh	96	72	107	148	106%

 

Notes -

• Stations having stops of more than 50 unique trains per week have been considered.

• Though the delay in stations like Hubli are comparatively low, the trend of increasing delay needs attention.

5. Train Delays by type of the train

Year	No. of trains	Train Delay Index (mins)	On-time	Medium-late	Very-late
Express/Mail
2015	1222	38	52.3%	32.2%	15.4%
2016	1308	45	50.9%	32.9%	16.2%
2017	1333	56	42.3%	35.1%	22.6%
3-Year % Change		+47.6%	(-19.1%)	+9.0%	+46.8%
Superfast Trains
2015	862	47	53.1%	29.7%	17.2%
2016	900	50	52.9%	30.2%	16.9%
2017	914	60	43.3%	33.5%	23.2%
3-Year % Change		+27.6%	(-18.5%)	+12.8%	+34.9%
Shatabdi
2015	47	11	82.7%	14.5%	2.8%
2016	49	12	81.5%	15.5%	3.0%
2017	49	16	75.2%	19.4%	5.4%
3-Year % Change		+45.5%	(-9.1%)	+33.8%	+92.9%
Rajdhani
2015	46	24	69.4%	21.9%	8.7%
2016	46	29	66.2%	24.4%	9.4%
2017	46	32	58.7%	27.8%	13.5%
3-Year % Change		+33.3%	(-15.4%)	+26.9%	+55.2%
Duronto
2015	54	31	73.9%	12.0%	14.1%
2016	56	27	74.5%	14.5%	11.0%
2017	56	40	65.2%	19.8%	15.0%
3-Year % Change		+29.0%	(-11.8%)	+65.0%	+6.4%
Garibrath
2015	50	45	57.6%	28.1%	14.3%
2016	50	46	55.3%	28.2%	16.5%
2017	50	55	48.2%	30.7%	21.1%
3-Year % Change		+22.2%	(-16.3%)	+9.3%	+47.6%
Jan Shatabdi
2015	37	15	69.7%	26.6%	3.7%
2016	37	18	67.9%	26.7%	5.4%
2017	37	25	57.3%	33.5%	9.1%
3-Year % Change		+66.7%	(-17.8%)	+25.9%	+145.9%

 

Notes -

• The delays have been classified as follows –

  • On Time = Train delays of <= 15 mins

  • Medium Late = Train delays of 15 – 60 mins

  • Very late = Train delays of more than 60 mins

 

Notes -

• For the month of January only the delays of dates between 15 and 31 were considered. For the month of December, the dates between 1 and 15 were considered.

• Delays are seen to increase starting from the month of October and lowers off post February.

• With an exception of December, every month on 2016 saw a decrease in delays compared to the respective months of the previous year. In 2017 – the train delays were across the year. Every month in 2017 saw an increase of delays of nearly 15-20% over the respective months of 2016.

• So, does delay increase during the rush period? Below were the dates on which the popular festivals fell in the last three years.

	2015	2016	2017
Holi	March 6	March 24	March 13
Raksha Bandhan	August 29	August 18	August 7
Diwali	November 11	October 30	October 19
Chath	November 17	November 6	October 26

• There has been an increase in delays of trains during (Puja – Diwali – Chhath) period over the last year. In 2017 the train delays during this period was the highest over the last three years (an increase of nearly 40% over 2016)

6. Fog delays in 2017 has been the worst in the last three years.

Time Period	National Train Delay Index (minutes)
January 1 – 15, 2015	72
December 15 2015 – January 15 2016	47
December 15 2016 – January 15 2017	96
December 15 2017 – January 15 2018	87

 

Notes -

• For the fog of 2014-15, the data between time-frame of Dec 15 – 31, 2014 was not available. So only 15 days data has been considered.

10. State-wise: the stations with least and worst train delays of 2017

State	Station with least delay (2017)			Station with worst delay (2017)
	Station	Number of trains tracked	Train Delay Index (mins)	Station	Number of trains tracked	Train Delay Index (mins)
Andhra Pradesh	DUVVADA (DVD)	73	23	ADONI (AD)	56	60
Assam	KAMAKHYA (KYQ)	100	64	KOKRAJHAR (KOJ)	65	97
Bihar	RAJENDRANAGAR PATNA (RJPB)	67	73	BUXAR (BXR)	90	163
Chhattisgarh	DURG (DURG)	120	30	BHATAPARA (BYT)	70	43
Delhi	DELHI CANTT (DEC)	69	35	ANAND VIHAR (ANVT)	69	156
Gujarat	SURAT (ST)	263	18	MAHESANA (MSH)	90	42
Haryana	REWARI (RE)	72	30	YAMUNA NAGAR (YJUD)	52	99
Jharkhand	RANCHI (RNC)	68	26	KODERMA (KQR)	65	98
Karnataka	HUBLI JN (UBL)	70	13	KARWAR (KAWR)	52	70
Kerala	TRIVANDRUM CENT (TVC)	84	18	TIRUVALLA (TRVL)	57	48
Madhya Pradesh	INDORE (INDB)	64	16	HARDA (HD)	55	80
Maharashtra	MIRAJ (MRJ)	56	4	RATNAGIRI (RN)	74	66
Orissa	JHARSUGDA (JSG)	90	30	TITLAGARH (TIG)	55	52
Punjab	PATHANKOT CANTT (PTKC)	85	74	PHAGWARA JN (PGW)	81	106
Rajasthan	AJMER (AII)	115	33	BHARATPUR (BTE)	79	73
Tamil Nadu	CHENNAI EGMORE (MS)	84	6	VIRUDUNAGAR JN (VPT)	53	38
Telangana	KACHEGUDA (KCG)	51	27	RAMGUNDAM (RDM)	76	64
Uttar Pradesh	MANIKPUR (MKP)	70	51	ALIGARH JN (ALJN)	73	166
Uttarakhand	HARIDWAR (HD)	66	42	LAKSAR JN (LRJ)	68	101
West Bengal	SANTRAGACHI (SRC)	76	27	KISHANGANJ (KNE)	125	105

 

Notes -

• Stations having stops of more than 50 unique trains per week have been considered.

• It is important to note here that the National Train Delay Index for 2017 stands at 53 mins.

• In the following three states – even the station with lowest delay is higher than the National Train Delay Index – Assam, Bihar, and Punjab.

• There are only three states where all the station delays fall below the National Train Delay Index are: Gujarat, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu

14. Nation-wide: Trains with maximum delays in 2017

No	Train Number	Train Name	2017				2016 Train Delay Index	2015 Train Delay Index
			Train Delay Index	On-time	Medium Late	Very Late
1	12598	Mumbai CST – Gorakhpur Jansadharan Exp	1059 mins	0	0	100%	287 mins	212 mins
2	22405	Bhagalpur – Anand Vihar Garib Rath	662 mins	3%	5%	92%	497 mins	414 mins
3	13282	Rajendra Nagar Patna – New Tinsukia Weekly Exp	613 mins	2%	4%	94%	341 mins	185 mins
4	12597	Gorakhpur - Mumbai CST Jansadharan Exp	607 mins	6%	7%	87%	119 mins	126 mins
5	15654	Jammutawi – Guwahati Amarnath Exp	601 mins	1%	2%	97%	303 mins	190 mins
6	12524	New Delhi – New Jalpaiguri Superfast	597 mins	1%	1%	99%	291 mins	141 mins
7	12562	New Delhi – Jaynagar Swantra Sainani Superfast	597 mins	2%	1%	96%	393 mins	265 mins
8	15602	New Delhi – Silchar Poorvotar Sampark Kranti	587 mins	2%	1%	97%	534 mins	-
9	13238	Kota – Patna Express	554 mins	1%	3%	96%	219 mins	135 mins
10	22406	Anand Vihar – Bhagalpur Garib Rath	542 mins	4%	8%	88%	463 mins	354 mins

 

Notes -

• The delays have been classified as follows –

  • On Time = Train delays of <= 15 mins

  • Medium Late = Train delays of 15 – 60 mins

  • Very late = Train delays of more than 60 mins

15. 2017: Top 5 Rajdhani trains with maximum delays.

No	Train Number	Train Name	2017				2016 Train Delay Index	2015 Train Delay Index
			Train Delay Index	On-time	Medium Late	Very Late
1	22824	New Delhi – Bhubaneswar Rajdhani	114 mins	39%	28%	33%	76 mins	63 mins
2	22812	New Delhi – Bhubaneswar Rajdhani (Via Adra)	108 mins	39%	31%	29%	108 mins	52 mins
3	12306	New Delhi – Howrah Rajdhani (Via Patna)	74 mins	49%	29%	21%	58 mins	21 mins
4	12424	New Delhi – Dibrugarh Town Rajdhani	70 mins	28%	29%	43%	60 mins	44 mins
5	12314	New Delhi – Sealdah Rajdhani	67 mins	50%	25%	26%	72 mins	52 mins

16. 2017: Top 5 Duronto trains with maximum delays.

 

No	Train Number	Train Name	2017				2016 Train Delay Index	2015 Train Delay Index
			Train Delay Index	On-time	Medium Late	Very Late
1	12282	New Delhi – Bhubaneswar Duronto	344 mins	2%	2%	96%	229 mins	202 mins
2	12274	New Delhi – Howrah Duronto	266 mins	7%	4%	90%	108 mins	52 mins
3	12260	New Delhi – Sealdah AC Duronto	175 mins	14%	6%	79%	58 mins	21 mins
4	12270	H Nizamuddin – Chennai Cent Duronto	155 mins	27%	24%	49%	126 mins	28 mins
5	12281	Bhubaneswar – New Delhi Duronto	95 mins	27%	28%	44%	72 mins	116 mins

17. Delay Index by routes between popular cities

City Pair A ↔ B	Delay Index for UP Trains (A → B) (mins)				Delay Index for DOWN Trains (B → A) (mins)
	2015	2016	2017	3-yr change	2015	2016	2017	3-yr change
Delhi ↔ Guwahati	298	292	443	+48.7%	313	335	386	+23.3%
Delhi ↔ Kolkata	152	125	216	+42.1%	200	193	232	+16.0%
Delhi ↔ Mumbai	29	15	26	(-10.3%)	48	40	51	+6.25%
Mumbai ↔ Amritsar	59	41	74	+25.4%	40	43	69	+72.5%
Chennai ↔ Kolkata	42	23	31	(-26.2%)	43	17	35	(-18.6%)
Kolkata ↔ Guwahati	27	29	91	+237.0%	28	27	80	+185.7%
Bengaluru ↔ Kolkata	39	34	55	+41.0%	30	34	68	+126.7%
Mumbai ↔ Bengaluru	35	40	79	+125.7%	21	15	38	+81%
Mumbai ↔ Kolkata	25	28	60	+140%	30	27	45	+50%
Delhi ↔ Patna	209	177	260	+24.4%	130	83	134	+3.1%
Mumbai ↔ Patna	115	70	80	(-30.4%)	44	34	70	+59.1%
Chennai ↔ Mumbai	27	17	35	+29.6%	12	4	15	+25.0%
Delhi ↔ Bikaner	7	9	17	+142.9%	30	18	20	(-33.3%)
Delhi ↔ Jammu- tawi	29	24	36	+24.13%	40	50	35	(-12.5%)
Delhi ↔ Kanpur	105	105	143	+36.2%	31	50	46	+48.4%
Mumbai ↔ Hyderabad	62	41	61	(-1.6%)	23	26	27	(+17.4%)
Kolkata ↔ Patna	50	61	93	+86%	69	38	58	(-15.9%)
Mumbai ↔ Varanasi	66	48	58	(-12.1%)	57	38	81	+42.1%

3. Next time you sit in the train, remember - longer the train route distance, more are the delays!

Train Distance Category	Trains Count	National Train Delay Index - 2017	On time (%)	Medium Late (%)	Very Late (%)
100-500 kms	731	27	57.6	32.2	10.3
501-1000 kms	691	43	43.8	37.9	18.3
1001 -2000 kms	796	83	36.7	31.9	31.4
> 2000 kms	351	73	36.7	32.3	30.9

 

Notes -

• The delays have been classified as follows –

  • On Time = Train delays of <= 15 mins

  • Medium Late = Train delays of 15 – 60 mins

  • Very late = Train delays of more than 60 mins

• Nearly half of the long-distance trains in India run 1000 kms and higher. Only one-third of them arrive at the station on-time. However, for the trains which runs less than 1000 kms, the percentage of trains arriving on -time increases to nearly 50%.

• The chances of train running late by more than 60 mins nearly doubles when the running distance of the train (from start station to end) is more than 1000 kms.

7. Is train delay a function of number of trains at a station?

Unique Trains/week	Nationwide Station Count	Train Delay Index (minutes)				3 Year Change
		2017	2016	2015
0 - 20	2175	47	42	40	+17.5%
21 - 50	446	57	49	45	+26.7%
51 - 200	313	58	49	45	+29.2%
200 - 500	19	61	53	51	+19.6%

8. Is train delay a function of being a junction station?

Station Type	Nationwide Station Count	Train Delay Index (minutes)			Three-year change
		2017	2016	2015
Junction	310	56	48	44	+27.3%
Non-Junction	2659	49	44	41	+19.5%