10,159 Roberts Travel Group bus journeys followed to their destination across 60 days, 15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026. 77% arrived on time by the GB bus standard, and 23% arrived early.
That is about 169 journeys a day, 0.1% of all the bus journeys we followed on the same dates.
Its on-time share is 6 points above the 70% for every operator we followed on those dates. It ranks 8 of 71 operators with a page here.
Its buses run early far more often than late, 93.6 early arrivals for every late one, while 0% 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 0.2 min late, against 0.1 min early for all operators on the same dates.
Its best day was Thursday, 3 September 2026, 89% on time over 168 journeys, and its worst Friday, 23 October 2026, at 64% over 176.
Roberts Travel Group in numbers
Days covered
60
15 Aug 2026 to 24 Oct 2026
Journeys followed
10,159
0.1% of 7,947,052 on the same dates
…on time
7,794
76.7% · all operators 70.4%
…early
2,340
23.0% · all operators 24.1%
…late
25
0.2% · all operators 5.4%
…of which more than 15 minutes late
2
0.0%
Average arrival
0.2 min late
all operators 0.1 min early
Rank by on-time share
8
of 71 operators with a page
These are the 10,159 Roberts Travel Group 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.