(22 Aug 2014, 8:08 pm)Robert wrote Its one of the main causes of it been late regardless. Without the roadworks could be due to the amount of layover time at each end been too small so a specific journey wont be able to make that much time up at the other end because it will have to go out on another journey pretty much straight away (ie 2 mins layover or something, again, im no expert).
Agreed, roadworks wont and don't help.
But if it is often late without roadworks being on route - then roadworks are only going to add to the delays.
If the layover time isn't adequate, GNE maybe need to twiddle with the timetable, so that it improves reliability.