8,905 Metro Network bus journeys followed to their destination across 49 days, 6 Sept 2026 to 24 Oct 2026. 77% arrived on time by the GB bus standard, and 19% arrived early.
That is about 182 journeys a day, 0.1% of all the bus journeys we followed on the same dates.
Its on-time share is 7 points above the 70% for every operator we followed on those dates. It ranks 6 of 71 operators with a page here.
Its buses run early far more often than late, 6.0 early arrivals for every late one, while 3% arrived late. Early running counts against the standard, so on these routes the timetable, more than the traffic, is what holds the on-time figure back.
Averaged across every journey, its buses arrived 0.6 min late, against on time for all operators on the same dates.
Its best day was Thursday, 22 October 2026, 84% on time over 193 journeys, and its worst Monday, 7 September 2026, at 69% over 174.
Metro Network in numbers
Days covered
49
6 Sept 2026 to 24 Oct 2026
Journeys followed
8,905
0.1% of 6,318,260 on the same dates
…on time
6,900
77.5% · all operators 70.5%
…early
1,717
19.3% · all operators 23.8%
…late
288
3.2% · all operators 5.8%
…of which more than 15 minutes late
16
0.2%
Average arrival
0.6 min late
all operators on time
Rank by on-time share
6
of 71 operators with a page
These are the 8,905 Metro Network journeys we followed to within 250 metres of their last
stop in the urban areas we sample, so they describe its running where we sample rather than on
every route it operates. On time, early and late add up to every journey; "more than 15 minutes
late" is part of late. How bus punctuality is measured and why so many buses arrive early.