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      Northern is adapting its current Service Quality Regime in line with other Train Operating Companies. This may result in a larger variation in results from Period 1 onwards.

      We want to provide a quality product that you, our customers should receive each and every day. To do this we audit our trains and stations through the eyes of our customers.

      We will do this for the duration of our franchise and aim to meet the below benchmarks for both stations and trains. These benchmarks are based on what our customers say are important to them.

      Rail Year 2025

      ComponentAreaBenchmark RY25 (P01 - 06)Benchmark  RY25 (P07 - 13)2024/P12024/p22024/P32024/P42024/P52024/P62024/P72024/P82024/P92025/P102025/P112025/P122025/P13
      -01/04/2428/04/2426/05/2423/06/2421/07/2418/08/2415/09/2413/10/2410/11/2408/12/2405/01/2502/02/2502/03/25
      27/04/2425/05/2422/06/2420/07/2417/08/2414/09/2412/10/2409/11/2407/12/2404/01/2501/02/2501/03/2531/03/25
      StationAmbience and Assets77%81%76.06%71.02%76.84%75.91%81.34%70.62%73.91%75.96%74.37%76.47%76.43%75.56%82.14%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti75%75%72.39%66.56%72.45%75.28%73.20%78.48.%73.27%73.93%63.47%67.25%64.83%77.32%79.18%
      Information70%70%63.29%64.86%65.47%64.23%65.19%64.66%65.91%59.93%63.31%61.44%64.50%70.18%74.96%
      Ticketing & Staffing88%93%77.45%77.84%86.54%87.63%82.55%82.45%78.14%86.66%80.09%92.00%84.55%82.97%87.10%
      TrainsAmbience and Assets82%84%79.03%81.22%81.74%79.09%80.38%80.09%79.55%80.06%83.12%81.32%82.29%86.17%86.52%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti88%88%84.65%86.10%87.30%88.69%86.75%86.76%87.44%85.54%85.74%83.88%82.03%85.06%86.24%
      Information83%83%80.27%80.29%81.58%78.29%80.79%78.05%76.29%79.34%79.00%76.89%84.15%81.10%84.09%
      Customer ServiceStaff Helpfulness80%80%82.14%76.63%80.00%76.13%79.38%81.13%88.00%92.88%89.13%89.63%92.83%93.13%94.50%
      Online Information76%90%83.88%82.34%82.14%87.90%91.47%91.47%91.47%87.90%87.90%84.33%96.83%88.69%90.48%

      End of Year Scores

      SQ AreaSQ IndicatorRail Year - 2025
      TrainAmbience and Assets81.48%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti85.74%
      Information79.83%
      StationAmbience and Assets75.69%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti71.60%
      Information64.70%
      Ticketing and Staffing82.85%
      Customer ServiceStaff Helpfulness85.92%
      Online Information88.08%

      Rail Year 2024

      ComponentAreaBenchmark 2023/242024/P12024/P22024/P32024/P42024/P52024/P6
      -01/04/2330/04/2325/05/2325/06/2323/07/2320/08/23
      09/04/2327/05/2324/06/2322/07/2319/08/2316/09/23
      StationAmbience and Assets81%74.77%71.90%73.63%78.96%72.62%71.61%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti75%71.44%78.21%77.16%77.00%73.68%71.36%
      Information70%59.19%51.77%51.57%49.04%48.90%50.37%
      Ticketing & Staffing93%84.14%91.24%85.93%67.89%88.67%83.42%
      TrainsAmbience and Assets84%77.84%75.52%77.10%77.39%77.38%80.92%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti84%84.21%83.02%84.31%86.28%87.42%89.05%
      Information83%74.43%73.55%68.16%76.35%75.36%75.98%
      Customer ServiceStaff Helpfulness-78.50%78.38%62.25%81.75%73.23%73.79%
      Online Information-59.72%54.37%59.33%55.36%56.30%59.72%

       

      ComponentAreaBenchmark 2023/242024/P72024/P82024/P92024/P102024/P112024/P122024/P13
      -17/09/2315/10/2312/11/2310/12/2307/01/2404/02/2403/03/24
      14/10/2311/11/2309/12/2306/01/2403/02/2402/03/2430/04/24
      StationAmbience and Assets81%73.45%72.13%73.74%76.79%71.54%67.33%73.90%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti75%77.91%73.36%72.95%74.02%78.38%57.88%75.51%
      Information70%55.83%54.63%56.17%57.99%59.60%54.95%56.42%
      Ticketing & Staffing93%89.02%82.47%79.68%81.65%89.66%81.99%89.60%
      TrainsAmbience and Assets84%75.54%76.03%79.96%79.57%82.72%78.37%80.11%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti84%89.71%87.46%87.75%87.07%86.94%84.15%86.29%
      Information83%76.98%74.55%78.44%88.37%84.58%77.45%77.32%
      Customer ServiceStaff Helpfulness-65.88%75.21%72.38%84.88%81.50%82.63%81.50%
      Online Information-74.01%86.51%78.47%65.15%65.71%85.71%87.90%

      End of Year scores

        Rail Year - 2024
      StationStation Ambience and Assets73.06%
      Station Cleanliness and Graffiti73.25%
      Station Information53.91%
      Station Ticketing and Staffing83.81%
      TrainsTrain Ambience and Assets78.10%
      Train Cleanliness and Graffiti86.19%
      Train Information76.21%
      Customer ServiceCustomer Service Staff Helpfulness76.25%
      Customer Service Online Information68.40%

      Rail Year 2023

      ComponentAreaBenchmark 2022/232022/P12022/P22022/P32022/P42022/P52022/P6
      -01/04/2201/05/2229/05/2225/06/2224/07/2221/08/22
      30/04/2228/05/2225/06/2223/07/2220/08/2217/09/22
      StationAmbience and Assets81%83.13%81.99%77.95%77.92%75.14%82.61%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti75%71.02%66.02%68.69%71.48%72.66%79.86%
      Information70%61.10%54.72%50.21%51.85%52.74%55.79%
      Ticketing & Staffing93%83.31%90.39%94.19%92.40%98.00%93.07%
      TrainsAmbience and Assets84%87.44%85.53%79.50%83.31%83.52%83.60%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti84%84.99%83.53%77.54%82.14%85.20%87.68%
      Information83%61.19%54.23%55.32%46.54%46.86%54.73%
      Customer ServiceStaff Helpfulness-73.82%73.85%81.67%73.06%75.25%81.50%
      Online Information-47.22%48.65%48.57%43.06%50.00%45.83%

       

      ComponentAreaBenchmark 2022/232022/P72022/P82022/P92022/P102023/P112023/P122023/P13
      -18/09/2216/10/2213/11/2211/12/2208/01/2305/02/2305/03/23
      15/10/2212/11/2210/12/2207/01/2304/02/2304/03/2331/03/23
      StationAmbience and Assets81%79.88%75.59%81.97%-79.98%73.15%84.15%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti75%74.55%77.13%75.70%-86.79%78.50%79.38%
      Information70%54.59%52.72%52.25%-61.84%54.21%59.58%
      Ticketing & Staffing93%92.94%89.67%92.10%-88.12%87.37%94.64%
      TrainsAmbience and Assets84%85.62%84.90%84.94%81.38%82.65%81.12%78.59%
      Cleanliness and Graffiti84%89.62%88.68%86.24%91.04%87.66%84.24%85.56%
      Information83%47.60%50.53%51.88%39.47%53.73%67.11%67.24%
      Customer ServiceStaff Helpfulness-80.19%78.48%79.00%76.46%80.63%80.38%82.13%
      Online Information-47.22%47.22%48.61%47.14%41.67%48.61%50.00%

      End of Year scores

        Rail Year - 2023
      StationStation Ambience and Assets78.62%
      Station Cleanliness and Graffiti75.04%
      Station Information54.12%
      Station Ticketing and Staffing90.72%
      TrainsTrain Ambience and Assets83.27%
      Train Cleanliness and Graffiti85.84%
      Train Information51.41%
      Customer ServiceCustomer Service Staff Helpfulness78.20%
      Customer Service Online Information47.22%

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