They've ruined the weather as well.
It's a table of data so that is boring and what is p-coded data? That's just some of the things my cynical brain thinks will put most people off reading, so they can safely publish the info.
And 10 operators don't do P-coding at all. It needs abolishing.
Abolishing as in they just count cancellations the way the other 10 operators do who just accept the statistical outcome.
Yes! Rather than deliberating hiding cancellations to manipulate the stats, which is essentially what P-coding is.
I think we will disagree on this.
Completely agree. Get rid of P-Coding altogether, and while we're about it, the outrageous "timetable of the day". They both allow the railways to manipulate the stats to make performance look better than it is and do not reflect the experience of their customers.
Either that, or have each one approved by a regulatory body.
Yes indeed. The current arrangements smack of TOCs marking their own homework.
Both of those suggestions would have a serious negative effect on passengers. P-coding should be included in cancellation stats but if a train is going to be cancelled a cancellation the night before is much easier to plan a journey around than a cancellation on the day, which is what P-coding would be replaced with.
They can cancel on the night before and not use P-code.
Complete opposite. The "timetable of the day" has absolutely no benefit for passengers whatsoever. It removes trains from the timetable as if they never existed. You can't claim delay repay for a train that doesn't exist. They should be shown as what they are - cancelled. Operators such SWR who don't P-Code manage to do it. All this manipulation is patently self-serving for parts of the industry to make performance look better than it really is and is of positive detriment to passengers.
