How often is your train in Warrington late?

If you feel like you spend a chunk of your working day standing around on station platforms looking at your watch, you might like to know just how likely it is you'll be getting into the office on time. 

After it was announced this morning millions of rail users in the UK will see a 3.6% increase in rail fares from January 2018, we have taken a look at just how punctual some of the most popular routes out of Warrington Central and Warrington Bank Quay are. 

Using the website My Train Journey, we investigated the best train for commuters to catch heading into Liverpool Lime Street and Manchester Oxford Road for 9am and their most likely routes home...and the results were not good.

The site uses historic performance information provided by National Rail. 

For this investigation, we checked how many times trains were either one or five minutes late over the past month.

Liverpool Lime Street

Trains from Warrington Central to Liverpool Lime Street were mostly on time if you regularly catch the 7.53am train.

But if you miss that one and have to get the 8.11am train, reliability drops to 27%.

On your way home from Liverpool Lime Street, your best option is the 17.52 train for reliability.

If you miss that one, the 17.55 train has a reliability rating of just 19%

Manchester Oxford Road

Despite often being a shorter journey time, it looks like you’re more likely to be delayed travelling to and from Manchester for work rather than Liverpool.

The 7.56 train from Warrington Central to Manchester Oxford Road arrived on time just once out of 22 trains.

While the 8.13 train was on time 50% of the time.

Going home in the past month, the 17.44 train arrived in Warrington Central at the correct time on just one occasion.

While the 17.41 train’s reliability rating was 24%

London Euston

But there’s good news if you want to get one of the earliest trains from Warrington Bank Quay to London.

The 7.19 train has an 86% reliability rate.

And if you leave London at 18.20, you can tell whoever is picking you up there’s a 76% chance your train will be back in Warrington in on time.

You can check the punctuality and reliability of your train journey here.