MBTA/MBCR January 2008 On Time Performance: Worcester-Framingham Line 2nd Worst Performing in System

Yesterday BostonNOW published the on-time performance stats for January 2008 for the MBTA/MBCR commuter rail lines.

Franklin via Fairmont was the worst performing line with an on-time performance rate of 57.1%.

Worcester-Framingham was the 2nd worst performing line with an on-time performance rate of 69.3%.

Overall, the commuter rail system generated a 77% on-time performance rate in January 2008. That seems pretty surprising, especially with all the bridge issues that plagued the Newburyport/Rockport lines. Newburyport had a 75.1% on-time performance while Rockport's was 75.8%.

Maybe Train Rider should move to an area where bridges break, yet the on-time performance rate is only 2 points lower than the entire systems!