PRESS RELEASE 23/08/2022 - PASSENGERS SERVICES QUALITY INDICATORS
HELLENIC TRAIN informs the passenger public that the processing of the quality measurements of the HELLENIC TRAIN passenger services for the quarter April - June 2022 has been completed.
Our company has installed and implements a complete quality control system of passenger services according to the European standard EN 13816: 2002 «transportation - logistics and services - public passenger transport - service quality definition, targeting and measurement». The implementation of this system is controlled and certified by the independent Certification Body TUV Nord, from 2013 for the route Athens - Thessaloniki with Intercity, and from 2017 for the entire railway network.
In this context, HELLENIC TRAIN has organized and monitored a series of Quality Indicators to continuously improve its services, based on quarterly passenger satisfaction surveys (CSS) and quarterly assessments using mystery shoppers / passengers (MSS), conducted by an independent specialized research company.
In the 2nd quarter of 2022 the public passenger of HELLENIC TRAIN, rating their journey in the more critical Quality Criteria (KPIs):
- 74.11% state that they are very satisfied overall (general satisfaction) (72.79% was the previous measurement),
- evaluate very well the safety / security they perceive in their trip at a rate of 78.53% (80.86% was the previous measurement),
- evaluate very well the cleanliness of vehicles at a rate of 74.01% (73.40% was the previous measurement),
- evaluate very well the travel information they receive from HELLENIC TRAIN at a rate of 76.63% (77.38% was the previous measurement)
- note weaknesses in the punctuality of the routes so it declared satisfied the 55.99% (65.18% was the previous measurement)
HELLENIC TRAIN aims to continuously improve the Quality Indicators and at the same time maintain them in positive ratings over 70%. Cases that do not meet these two conditions are investigated in order to launch appropriate corrective actions for HELLENIC TRAIN itself or in cooperation with OSE which is the Infrastructure Manager and handles many issues relevant to itineraries, infrastructure reliability and other quality criteria.
We thank all passengers for their trust and our staff for their effort.
