Statistics for October 2012
Rijden de Treinen keeps track of all train disruptions in the Netherlands since 2011. Disruptions are archived by line and by cause. On this page, you can lookup statistics like the railway line with the most disruptions, the most common causes for a disruption, or the number of disruptions per month.
It may be interesting to know how these statistics are calculated, and how you can be sure that these statistics are statistically valid. See the explanation for more information about how Rijden de Treinen calculates disruption statistics, and what is the best way to interpret them.
See the list with all causes for disruption for statistics about a specific cause.
Summary
Between October 1, 2012 and October 31, 2012, Rijden de Treinen has reported 172 disruptions. On average 5 disruptions per day.
The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 16 days, 14 hours, 27 minutes. This translates to an average of 12 hours, 27 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 2 hours, 19 minutes.
Number of disruptions
This graphs shows the number of disruptions within the period you have selected, and the total duration of all disruptions (measured in hours).
Main causes for disruption
In order to better understand the main causes for disruptions, Rijden de Treinen uses categories.
Top 10 disruption causes
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Signal failure27 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 49 minutes -
Points failure25 disruptions • avg. duration: 3 hours, 3 minutes -
Broken down train25 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 3 minutes -
Person hit by a train21 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes -
Power failure14 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes -
Signal and level crossing failure6 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 38 minutes -
Signalling and points failure6 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes
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Level crossing failure5 disruptions • avg. duration: 3 hours, 35 minutes
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Over-running engineering works5 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 3 minutes -
Stranded train4 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes
Top 10 lines with disruptions
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Leiden Centraal - Utrecht Centraal10 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 4 hours
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Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal9 disruptions • duration: 1 day, 3 hours
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Amsterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport9 disruptions • duration: 12 hours, 50 minutes
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Deventer - Zwolle8 disruptions • duration: 22 hours, 47 minutes
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Rotterdam Centraal - Schiphol Airport HSL8 disruptions • duration: 12 hours, 17 minutes
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Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport8 disruptions • duration: 8 hours, 10 minutes
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Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport7 disruptions • duration: 8 hours, 23 minutes
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Den Haag Centraal - Utrecht Centraal6 disruptions • duration: 16 hours, 33 minutes
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Arnhem Centraal - Utrecht Centraal6 disruptions • duration: 11 hours, 57 minutes
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Arnhem Centraal - Winterswijk6 disruptions • duration: 11 hours, 28 minutes
One disruption often impacts multiple railway lines. In those cases, the same disruption is counted for each affected line.
Exact causes for disruption
This graph shows the various causes for a disruption and the number of disruptions with these causes. The causes for disruptions are provided by NS.
Disruptions per weekday
This graphs shows the number of disruptions per day of the week.
You can also view statistics for a single year or a specific month:
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