Nearly one in five NSW trains ran late in past year, falling well short of own performance target, data shows

Punctuality for intercity trains was especially bad, with only 70.5% of services on time. Sydney CBD trains fared better with 84% arriving on schedule. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Sydney Trains have hit a new low for on-time services with only 82.5% of trains arriving within five or six minutes of scheduled times over the last year.

The result, based on data in the year to 30 June, represents a significant slide in performance from the previous year, when 87.9% of trains ran on time.