Southeastern
Between 6 Aug 2026 to 23 Sept 2026, Southeastern ran 79,021 recorded services and finished the period on 86% of its measured arrivals within five minutes, within a couple of points of the network as a whole.
Over 49 archived days that is 1,613 services a day, 6.6% of the national timetable. Of 60,541 recorded arrivals, 52,197 were within five minutes and 353 were more than half an hour down.
Its week is strongly peaked: 1,830 services on Tuesday, 25 August 2026 against 897 on Sunday, 30 August 2026, a swing of 2.0 times.
The average delay at destination was 2.1 minutes. The worst single arrival recorded was 3h 49m behind schedule, Gravesend to London Victoria on Tuesday, 18 August 2026.
Between Friday, 4 September 2026 at 73% and Saturday, 12 September 2026 at 93% there are 19 points.
1,198 services were cancelled, 1.5% of everything booked — below the 2.4% the network cancelled over the same dates. The worst single day was Tuesday, 18 August 2026, at 9% of that day's timetable.
Counting those cancellations as failures, the way the industry's own measure does, takes the on-time share from 86% of recorded arrivals to 85% of everything booked whose outcome is known — 1.7 points.
Southeastern in numbers
| Archived days covered | 49 | 6 Aug 2026 to 23 Sept 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Passenger trains recorded | 79,021 | |
| Share of the national timetable | 6.6% | of 1,203,226 over the same dates |
| Cancelled | 1,198 | 1.5% · network 2.4% |
| Arrival time recorded | 60,541 | 77.8% of those that ran |
| …arrived within 5 minutes | 52,197 | 86.2% |
| …arrived 5 to 30 minutes late | 7,991 | 13.2% |
| …arrived more than 30 minutes late | 353 | 0.6% |
| Average delay at destination | 2.1 min | |
| On time, counting cancellations | 84.5% | of the 61,739 booked services whose outcome is known · network 84% |
| Network, same dates | 87% | on time, against this operator's 86% |
Every percentage among the bands is of the 60,541 services whose arrival reached the archive, not of all 79,021, and the bands are exclusive. 17,282 ran without an arrival being recorded, and nothing is claimed about those. The row counting cancellations is those same 52,197 on-time arrivals over a denominator that also holds the 1,198 trains that did not run at all. Delay is judged at the destination, a stricter test than the industry's own measure and not comparable with it. The on-time share and the average delay answer different questions.
Day by day
49 archived days, 6 Aug 2026 to 23 Sept 2026, widest bar the busiest, filled to the share that arrived within five minutes. The same days across every operator.
| Date | Runs | Cancelled | Arrivals | On time | Incl. cancelled | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, 23 September 2026 | 1,825 | 0% | 1,693 | 90% | 89% | 1.3 min |
| Tuesday, 22 September 2026 | 1,812 | 1% | 1,785 | 92% | 91% | 1.2 min |
| Monday, 21 September 2026 | 1,802 | 1% | 1,759 | 89% | 88% | 1.6 min |
| Sunday, 20 September 2026 | 1,154 | 0% | 918 | 91% | 91% | 1 min |
| Saturday, 19 September 2026 | 1,517 | 1% | 1,171 | 83% | 82% | 2 min |
| Friday, 18 September 2026 | 1,805 | 1% | 1,768 | 92% | 91% | 1.1 min |
| Thursday, 17 September 2026 | 1,790 | 0% | 1,260 | 92% | 92% | 1.1 min |
| Wednesday, 16 September 2026 | 1,817 | 0% | 1,569 | 91% | 91% | 1.2 min |
| Tuesday, 15 September 2026 | 1,789 | 2% | 1,622 | 89% | 88% | 1.4 min |
| Monday, 14 September 2026 | 1,752 | 3% | 1,528 | 83% | 81% | 2.6 min |
| Sunday, 13 September 2026 | 942 | 0% | 749 | 89% | 89% | 1 min |
| Saturday, 12 September 2026 | 1,423 | 1% | 1,189 | 93% | 92% | 0.9 min |
| Friday, 11 September 2026 | 1,787 | 3% | 1,702 | 84% | 81% | 2.4 min |
| Thursday, 10 September 2026 | 1,776 | 2% | 1,626 | 89% | 87% | 1.6 min |
| Wednesday, 9 September 2026 | 1,808 | 1% | 1,637 | 81% | 80% | 2.6 min |
| Tuesday, 8 September 2026 | 1,789 | 2% | 1,732 | 80% | 78% | 2.8 min |
| Monday, 7 September 2026 | 1,762 | 2% | 1,601 | 90% | 88% | 1.5 min |
| Sunday, 6 September 2026 | 1,198 | 0% | 845 | 79% | 78% | 3.5 min |
| Saturday, 5 September 2026 | 1,457 | 1% | 1,439 | 86% | 86% | 1.6 min |
| Friday, 4 September 2026 | 1,815 | 4% | 1,693 | 73% | 70% | 5.4 min |
| Thursday, 3 September 2026 | 1,785 | 3% | 1,558 | 82% | 80% | 2.8 min |
| Wednesday, 2 September 2026 | 1,795 | 1% | 1,664 | 87% | 86% | 1.7 min |
| Tuesday, 1 September 2026 | 1,827 | 4% | 1,721 | 78% | 75% | 3.3 min |
| Monday, 31 August 2026 | 1,447 | 3% | 1,322 | 88% | 85% | 1.5 min |
| Sunday, 30 August 2026 | 897 | 4% | 792 | 86% | 82% | 2.7 min |
| Saturday, 29 August 2026 | 1,389 | 1% | 1,322 | 88% | 87% | 1.3 min |
| Friday, 28 August 2026 | 1,822 | 1% | 1,778 | 88% | 88% | 1.4 min |
| Thursday, 27 August 2026 | 1,826 | 1% | 1,794 | 90% | 89% | 1.3 min |
| Wednesday, 26 August 2026 | 1,827 | 3% | 1,728 | 84% | 81% | 3.2 min |
| Tuesday, 25 August 2026 | 1,830 | 0% | 1,795 | 92% | 92% | 1.1 min |
| Monday, 24 August 2026 | 1,803 | 2% | 1,681 | 85% | 83% | 2.1 min |
| Sunday, 23 August 2026 | 1,007 | 0% | 930 | 85% | 85% | 1.8 min |
| Saturday, 22 August 2026 | 1,440 | 1% | 1,275 | 90% | 89% | 1 min |
| Friday, 21 August 2026 | 1,793 | 4% | 1,696 | 80% | 77% | 3.2 min |
| Thursday, 20 August 2026 | 1,766 | 1% | 1,640 | 90% | 90% | 1.4 min |
| Wednesday, 19 August 2026 | 1,798 | 1% | 1,752 | 86% | 85% | 2.1 min |
| Tuesday, 18 August 2026 | 1,749 | 9% | 1,391 | 82% | 74% | 4.3 min |
| Monday, 17 August 2026 | 1,804 | 1% | 1,542 | 86% | 84% | 1.9 min |
| Sunday, 16 August 2026 | 1,072 | 3% | 842 | 76% | 74% | 3.6 min |
| Saturday, 15 August 2026 | 1,482 | 0% | 1,040 | 91% | 91% | 0.9 min |
| Friday, 14 August 2026 | 1,662 | 0% | 242 | 80% | 79% | 5.5 min |
| Thursday, 13 August 2026 | 1,648 | 0% | 94 | 82% | 75% | 2.8 min |
| Wednesday, 12 August 2026 | 1,661 | 0% | 32 | 94% | 94% | 0.4 min |
| Tuesday, 11 August 2026 | 1,634 | 0% | 255 | 87% | 85% | 1.8 min |
| Monday, 10 August 2026 | 1,596 | 1% | 334 | 81% | 78% | 3.4 min |
| Sunday, 9 August 2026 | 1,059 | 0% | 151 | 88% | 88% | 2.6 min |
| Saturday, 8 August 2026 | 1,494 | 0% | 778 | 81% | 81% | 4.3 min |
| Friday, 7 August 2026 | 1,657 | 0% | 90 | 87% | 83% | 1.8 min |
| Thursday, 6 August 2026 | 1,631 | 0% | 16 | 94% | 94% | 1.6 min |
In the daily longest-delay league
Southeastern appears 35 times across 49 archived days, on 2 separate dates in the ten shown. These are appearances in the daily league, not this operator's own worst delays.
| Date | Service | Late by |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2026 | Gravesend to London Victoria 21:49 · 2U78 | 3h 49m |
| 18 Aug 2026 | London Charing Cross to Gravesend 20:20 · 1N36 | 3h 07m |
| 18 Aug 2026 | London Victoria to Ramsgate 17:40 · 1S48 | 2h 50m |
| 18 Aug 2026 | London Charing Cross to Dover Priory 21:04 · 2R68 | 2h 50m |
| 18 Aug 2026 | London Cannon Street to Dover Priory 17:41 · 1G89 | 2h 31m |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Gravesend to London Victoria 20:49 · 2U74 | 2h 27m |
| 18 Aug 2026 | London Victoria to Gillingham (Kent) 17:42 · 2K42 | 2h 20m |
| 18 Aug 2026 | London Victoria to Gillingham (Kent) 18:12 · 2K44 | 2h 14m |
| 18 Aug 2026 | London Cannon Street to Dover Priory 18:41 · 1G93 | 2h 09m |
| 31 Aug 2026 | London Charing Cross to Hastings 10:15 · 1H24 | 2h 05m |
Recorded live from the Darwin and TRUST feeds on each of the 49 days above,
and aggregated here. SE is this operator's ATOC code. How these figures are measured · All operators · Sources and licences