Durham Railway Station named Britain's third worst for delays

Durham Railway Station has been named among the country’s worst for rail delays, after data sourced from Network Rail revealed the performance of services at all of the UK’s 2,566 stations last year.

According to 'Departure Bored,' which today has released its new tool, Durham Railway Station is the third-worst for lateness out of the country's 500 busiest.

Meanwhile, rail users in Darlington do not escape from late-running of trains as the station is rated the 11th worst in terms of punctuality.

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Using the Departure Bored tool, we’ve put together the likelihood of delays by percentage at each of the North-East’s main railway stations:

Newcastle Railway Station

If you’re boarding in Newcastle, there’s a 46.1% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 788th in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

Durham Railway Station

If you’re boarding in Durham, there’s a 62.8% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 265th in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

Darlington Railway Station

If you’re boarding in Darlington, there’s a 58.1% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 361st in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

Northallerton Railway Station

If you’re boarding in Northallerton, there’s a 67.4% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 208th in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

York Railway Station

If you’re boarding in York, there’s a 57% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 389th in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

Middlesbrough Railway Station

If you’re boarding in Middlesbrough, there’s a 34.3% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 1472nd in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

Sunderland Railway Station

In Sunderland, there’s a 53.5% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 479th in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

Hartlepool Railway Station

If you’re boarding in Hartlepool, there’s a 63.4% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 254th in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

Thirsk Railway Station

If you’re boarding in Thirsk, there’s a 62.4% chance that your train will be late. It ranks 277th in Britain's least punctual railway stations.

'We're doing more to tackle delays'

In response, a spokesperson for the Rail Delivery Group representing train operators and Network Rail said: “We know how frustrating delays can be which is why we’re doing more to tackle them from spending billions on major upgrades to ease congestion, to running public campaigns to reduce trespassing.

"So that passengers know the level of service they can expect, the rail industry has adopted the most rigorous to-the-minute measure of punctuality in Europe and has launched an online tool so people can check the past reliability of their specific train, not just their station.”