5,031 Northstar bus journeys followed to their destination across 92 days, 15 Aug 2026 to 14 Nov 2026. 63% arrived on time by the GB bus standard, and 11% arrived early.
That is about 55 journeys a day, 0.0% of all the bus journeys we followed on the same dates.
Its on-time share is 7 points below the 70% for every operator we followed on those dates. It ranks 32 of 74 operators with a page here.
Its buses run late more often than early, 26% of journeys late and 1.8% more than fifteen minutes down, so congestion rather than the timetable is what holds the on-time figure back.
Averaged across every journey, its buses arrived 3 min late, against 0.1 min early for all operators on the same dates.
Its best day was Sunday, 30 August 2026, 83% on time over 58 journeys, and its worst Monday, 31 August 2026, at 29% over 49.
Northstar in numbers
Days covered
92
15 Aug 2026 to 14 Nov 2026
Journeys followed
5,031
0.0% of 11,604,420 on the same dates
…on time
3,175
63.1% · all operators 69.9%
…early
570
11.3% · all operators 24.5%
…late
1,286
25.6% · all operators 5.6%
…of which more than 15 minutes late
92
1.8%
Average arrival
3 min late
all operators 0.1 min early
Rank by on-time share
32
of 74 operators with a page
These are the 5,031 Northstar 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.