busnews.com.au July 2019 ABC^17WORSEON-TIMERUNNINGresultsfrom
TransitSystemsRegion6 InnerWestSydney
busservicesaretobeaddressedinthe
“nexttargetedphaseofimprovement”,the
operatorreports.
Theresponsecomesafterrecentdata
releasedfromTransportforNSWshowed
a declineinbuspunctualitysinceTransit
SystemswontheRegion6 contractinJuly
lastyear.
AsreportedinTheSydneyMorning
Herald newspaper, “The Berejiklian
government repeatedly cited poor
performance of buses run by the State
Transit Authority (STA) in ‘region six’ in the
inner west as justification for privatising
services there. But data from NSW’s
transport agency shows the private operator,
Transit Systems, has failed to beat the key
performance measure of 95 per cent of
buses running on time every month since
it took over the contract in July last year.”30%
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CRITICISM ADDRESSED
NEXT PHASE
A Transit Systems a spokesperson said:
“The number of cancelled trips has
decreased significantly since July 1,
2018, and is now at its lowest rate with
just 0.30 per cent of scheduled trips
cancelled in April.
“Our next targeted phase of improvement
focuses on on-time running and, alongside
Transport for NSW, we have been reviewingservice improvement options to ensure
the network reflects current operating
conditions and are safely, and reliably
achievable.
“To ensure the services within the
catchment are genuinely improved, we
have been analysing our performance
data closely and aim to deliver significant
on time running improvements over the
coming months.