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The table below lists all train services departing Manchester Piccadilly (d MAN) and arriving in Preston (Lancs) (a PRE) for the specified time period. Also shown is the percentage of the time that each service arrived in Preston (Lancs) no more than 5 minutes late, as well as the average arrival time of each service in Preston (Lancs). To see actual times click here.

TOC	Scheduled Times	% Arrivals	Actual Arrival
	d MAN	a PRE	Dur	RT-5m late	Average
NT	15:33	16:25	52m	77%	16:28 3L
NT	15:50	16:32	42m	93%	16:33 1½L
NT	16:02	16:57	55m	80%	17:01 4L
TP	16:21	17:00	39m	87%	17:02 2½L
NT	16:33	17:28	55m	87%	17:30 2L
NT	16:50	17:32	42m	83%	17:34 2½L
NT	17:02	17:58	56m	67%	18:02 4L
TP	17:21	17:59	38m	77%	18:02 3L
NT	17:33	18:28	55m	73%	18:31 3½L
NT	17:50	18:35	45m	90%	18:36 1½L
NT	18:02	18:58	56m	77%	19:01 3L
TP	18:21	18:59	38m	73%	19:03 4L
NT	18:33	19:29	56m	87%	19:31 2½L
NT	18:50	19:32	42m	90%	19:34 2L

Explanation

The statistic '% Arrivals RT-5m late' is the percentage of the time that the service arrived no more than 5 minutes late in the time period covered by this search (Mon - Fri between Sun 17 Mar 2024 and Sun 28 Apr 2024).

By this measure the best performing service is the 15:50 departure from Manchester Piccadilly scheduled to arrive in Preston (Lancs) at 16:32, which arrived no more than 5 minutes late 93% of the time. In this time period, this service actually arrived on average 1½mins late at 16:33.

When looking at the average arrival time remember it is just the average. Sometimes the service arrived earlier than this, sometimes later. For example, to see some actual arrival times for each service click here.

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Timings Key

d MAN	Scheduled departure time from Manchester Piccadilly
a PRE	Scheduled arrival time in Preston (Lancs)
Dur	Duration i.e. scheduled journey time
RT	Right Time i.e. 0 minutes late
xL	x minutes late, e.g. 3L = 3 minutes late
*23:50	For scheduled times, asterix indicates either departure on the previous day or arrival on the following day.
11:15	For actual times, the reported arrival time of the service.
11:15	For actual times, italics indicates that the arrival time has been interpolated based on reports from stations before/after.
CANC/NR	Service cancelled (or, rarely, service ran but no report logged).
RAN/NR	Service ran but no report logged at your from/to stations.
Unknown	Either no data or incomplete data is available for this particular time period due to a system outage.

Data Completeness

Summary

420 services have been found, of which 0 services have been discarded due to incomplete data.

Grouping has resulted in 14 schedules, of which 0 schedules (= 0 services) have been hidden as specified in the search criteria.

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