These included enhanced customer care, such as enhanced convenience, reduced cost, and increased punctuality.
Following the RPI figure announcement, the passenger watchdog Transport Focus said that while fares were increasing, train punctuality was going down for many.
Ronen (2011), however, found evidence that a reduced sailing speed actually increases the punctuality or reliability of the service.
All try to reduce the lead time, or at least increase its punctuality, by monitoring transport service suppliers and regularly re-evaluating them by open competitive tenders.
But she waved a magic wand over the orange airline, increasing business travellers, improving punctuality, and introducing the hugely popular allocated seating.
All the case companies more or less confirmed that they did not experience any increase in punctuality after the introduction of slow-steaming.
Despite the increases in punctuality rates for ANC/EPI attendance after the MCCM implementation have made it a promising tool for planning maternal and child healthcare program, it is possible that the rates observed in this study especially after the MCCM may be overestimated.
In the five years it was run by the public sector, it returned almost £1bn to the taxpayer, as well as increasing passenger numbers, introducing a new timetable, improving punctuality and establishing industry-leading approaches to recycling and reducing carbon emissions.
"ORR will be scrutinising progress closely to ensure plans for extra capacity, expanding and electrifying the railway, improving train punctuality, enhancing the resilience of our rail network to severe weather, closing level crossings and increasing workforce safety are effectively delivered".
My punctuality is quantified, I feel good about myself by seeing my score go up, and I'm motivated to keep increasing my status and show it off.
