Hrdlořezy Corridor.

Prague, between Libeň and Kyje.

A camera in my study watches line 011 from sunrise to sunset. It counts every train, finds it in the timetable and notices when it honks.

In the last 30 days we watched for 308 hours and saw 9,924 trains: one every 1.9 min on average. 240 of them honked, 291 times in all.

on time
91%of PID trains passed less than 5 min late
of the timetable
94%7,255 of the 7,742 trains due while we watched
typed
92%454 by a person, 8,660 by the model when it was sure

When they run

Trains per hour by time of day, counting only the time we watched. Hatched hours weren't watched.

  1. 55–6 h
    not watched
  2. 6
  3. 7
  4. 8
  5. 9
  6. 10
  7. 11
  8. 12
  9. 13
  10. 14
  11. 15
  12. 16
  13. 17
  14. 18
  15. 1919–20 h
    not watched
  • ← towards Libeň
  • → towards Malešice
  • direction unknown
  • not watched

What runs

What the train is made of, as a person saw it or the model when it was sure. 810 still have no type.

  • Pendolino3%315
  • CityElefant17%1,691
  • Locomotive + coaches30%2,982
  • Other unit28%2,771
  • Freight & light engines14%1,355
  • Not typed yet8%810

By the timetable

How many trains of each kind we saw, out of those due while we watched.

seen / due

  • Os Stopping (S lines)3,348 / 3,552
  • R Fast (R)945 / 1,040
  • EC EuroCity816 / 846
  • RJ RegioJet754 / 802
  • rj railjet456 / 493
  • Sp Semi-fast434 / 477
  • LE Leo Express206 / 220
  • SC SuperCity211 / 219
  • IC InterCity72 / 75
  • EN EuroNight13 / 18

Punctuality

The camera sees when a train actually passes and compares it with the timetable. Shown for the trains whose position PID reports; on time means less than 5 minutes late.

  • Os Stopping (S lines)93% on timemedian +0.6 min · 3,334 runs
  • R Fast (R)84% on timemedian +1.2 min · 931 runs
  • Sp Semi-fast92% on timemedian +1.1 min · 432 runs

Delay in minutes

  1. < 156%
    2,631
  2. 1–326%
    1,237
  3. 3–58%
    399
  4. 5–106%
    296
  5. 10–202%
    114
  6. 20+1%
    29

Most late

Median delay of trains we saw at least 5 times with a PID delay.

TrainMedianRuns
Sp 2473 Sázava+14 min5
R 964 Vysočina+4.8 min6
R 985 Vysočina+4.5 min19
Os 9310+4.5 min14
Sp 2478 Sázava+4.1 min15
R 987 Vysočina+4.1 min19

Biggest delay+77 minR 990 Vysočina · 29 Oct 10:03

Long-distance trains (EC, RJ, LE, railjet…) show no delay here: we find them with help from Správa železnic's data, which we don't publish yet. That's 2,371 runs.

208 runs were placed by the timetable alone, so they aren't counted for punctuality.

Honks

Per 100 trains. A honk counts once a person confirmed it, or the model was sure.

By time of day

  1. 55–6 h
    not watched
  2. 66–7 h
    1.3 per 100 trains
  3. 77–8 h
    1.7 per 100 trains
  4. 88–9 h
    2.3 per 100 trains
  5. 99–10 h
    4.1 per 100 trains
  6. 1010–11 h
    3.3 per 100 trains
  7. 1111–12 h
    2.7 per 100 trains
  8. 1212–13 h
    1.6 per 100 trains
  9. 1313–14 h
    2.1 per 100 trains
  10. 1414–15 h
    2.6 per 100 trains
  11. 1515–16 h
    2.7 per 100 trains
  12. 1616–17 h
    4.9 per 100 trains
  13. 1717–18 h
    3.3 per 100 trains
  14. 1818–19 h
    2.2 per 100 trains
  15. 1919–20 h
    not watched

By direction (per 100 trains)

← towards Libeň
3.3of 4,960 trains
→ towards Malešice
2.3of 4,901 trains

Trains towards Libeň honk 1.5 times as often as the other way.

By kind of train (per 100 trains)

  • Pendolino3.2
  • CityElefant1.1
  • Locomotive + coaches3.7
  • Other unit3.4
  • Freight & light engines1.8

Who honks most

Honks per run, for trains seen at least 5 times.

Trainper runHonksRuns
SC 513 Opavan0.339
RJ 1044 RegioJet0.3826
Os 281310.3310
Os 281210.2418
RJ 1005 RegioJet0.2628
EC 128 Valašský expres0.2630

Records

Longest quiet
29 min16 Oct, 7:39–8:09
Busiest 10 minutes
18 trains19 Oct, 8:42–8:52
Busiest hour
52 trains3 Nov, 14–15 h
Honks every day
30 days in a row→ 7 Nov
Most honks in a day
23 honks3 Nov