Statistics for December 2015
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 December 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015, Rijden de Treinen has reported 238 disruptions. On average 7 disruptions per day.
The total duration for all disruptions in this period was 21 days, 5 hours, 47 minutes. This translates to an average of 15 hours, 56 minutes with train disruptions per day. The average duration for a disruption in this period was 2 hours, 9 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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Broken down train39 disruptions • avg. duration: 51 minutes -
Person hit by a train34 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 51 minutes -
An emergency call22 disruptions • avg. duration: 45 minutes -
Signal failure21 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 3 minutes -
Repair works16 disruptions • avg. duration: 4 hours, 25 minutes -
Points failure13 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 14 minutes -
Level crossing failure11 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 58 minutes -
An earlier disruption9 disruptions • avg. duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes -
Signal and level crossing failure9 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
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Collision9 disruptions • avg. duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes
Top 10 lines with disruptions
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Lelystad Centrum - Schiphol Airport17 disruptions • duration: 20 hours, 29 minutes
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Amersfoort - Schiphol Airport17 disruptions • duration: 17 hours, 1 minute
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Schiphol Airport - Utrecht Centraal16 disruptions • duration: 21 hours
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Leiden Centraal - Schiphol Airport10 disruptions • duration: 23 hours, 43 minutes
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Eindhoven - Roermond9 disruptions • duration: 19 hours, 36 minutes
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Eindhoven - Venlo9 disruptions • duration: 16 hours, 22 minutes
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Apeldoorn - Deventer8 disruptions • duration: 1 day
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Amersfoort - Apeldoorn8 disruptions • duration: 22 hours, 44 minutes
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Almere Oostvaarders - Utrecht Centraal8 disruptions • duration: 13 hours, 17 minutes
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Dordrecht - Geldermalsen7 disruptions • duration: 13 hours, 46 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.
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