A TRAIN operator has said more of its trains are running on time.

National Express East Anglia, which runs the Southend Victoria to Liverpool Street line, has just released figures showing that on average in March, 90.4 per cent of its trains arrived within five minutes of their stated arrival time.

In March 2007, the figure was 86.9 per cent.

Andrew Chivers, managing director, said: "We are fulfilling our commitment made last year and providing some of the best performance across the region ever recorded.

"We're now close to finalising plans with Network Rail to further increase performance levels towards a 91 per cent annual average."