London Underground Performance Reports with Metrics from 2002 Onwards

Transport for London's key London Underground performance measures have been recorded since May 2011. The dataset includes metrics such as total operated kilometres, lost customer hours, average excess journey time, and the percentage of scheduled service operated. Historic performance data in spreadsheet almanac format dates back to 2002.

Use Cases

• Modeling service reliability trends based on the percentage of scheduled service operated.
• Analyzing passenger disruption by quantifying total lost customer hours.
• Assessing operational efficiency using total operated kilometres and average excess journey time.
• Conducting longitudinal studies of transit performance using historic data dating back to 2002.

Strengths

• Includes historic performance data dating back to 2002, providing a long-term view.
• Reports are updated every four weeks, suggesting regular data collection.
• Key performance indicators are explicitly defined, including total operated kilometres and lost customer hours.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to uk_data, being focused solely on London.

Provenance

Source

Transport for London (TfL), part of the Greater London Authority.

Collection Method

Data is gathered from operational monitoring, annual passenger surveys, and regular performance reporting.

Time Range

Historic data from 2002 onwards, with key measures recorded since May 2011.

Freshness

Updated every four weeks; last metadata update was 2026-06-24 21:07:04.705794.

Geography

London, United Kingdom, specifically the London Underground network.