punctuality
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Almost 40 percent of long-distance services arrived late last year -- not including trains that were cancelled, which are not counted in punctuality statistics.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
January is usually a good month for punctuality owing to a relative lack of maintenance and building work on the tracks.
From Barron's ● Feb. 2, 2026
Concerns over discipline and professionalism led the club to assign private chefs to him, while late nights because of gaming affected his training punctuality, making him the club's most-fined player in recent years.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025
Flights from Birmingham Airport had the second poorest punctuality record last year, with an average delay of more than 21 minutes.
From BBC ● Apr. 20, 2025
This convinced us that something great was to happen, and threw me into an unusual flutter when I repaired to my guardian’s office, a model of punctuality.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
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