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Report Summary

  • 29

    Performance

    Renders faster than
    49% of other websites

  • 57

    Accessibility

    Visual factors better than
    that of 24% of websites

  • 83

    Best Practices

    More advanced features
    available than in
    55% of websites

  • 91

    SEO

    Google-friendlier than
    70% of websites

ukrailways.com

UK Railways | The UK Travel Centre For Cheap Train Tickets, Coach Travel & More

Page Load Speed

2.7 sec in total

First Response

173 ms

Resources Loaded

2.3 sec

Page Rendered

282 ms

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About Website

Welcome to ukrailways.com homepage info - get ready to check UK Railways best content right away, or after learning these important things about ukrailways.com

UK Railways bring you cheap train tickets, coach travel, holidays, hotels, railway magazines and top level index to UK train operating companies as well as information relevant to travellers.

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Key Findings

We analyzed Ukrailways.com page load time and found that the first response time was 173 ms and then it took 2.6 sec to load all DOM resources and completely render a web page. This is a poor result, as 50% of websites can load faster.

Performance Metrics

ukrailways.com performance score

29

Measured Metrics

name

value

score

weighting

FCP (First Contentful Paint)

Value1.8 s

90/100

10%

LCP (Largest Contentful Paint)

Value4.6 s

34/100

25%

SI (Speed Index)

Value7.0 s

33/100

10%

TBT (Total Blocking Time)

Value6,940 ms

0/100

30%

CLS (Cumulative Layout Shift)

Value0.256

48/100

15%

TTI (Time to Interactive)

Value15.3 s

7/100

10%

Network Requests Diagram

ukrailways.com

173 ms

www.ukrailways.com

185 ms

A.style.css.pagespeed.cf.Qnqwpj6pjv.css

111 ms

eucookie.js.pagespeed.jm.avHn2QMvyX.js

72 ms

adsbygoogle.js

57 ms

Our browser made a total of 50 requests to load all elements on the main page. We found that 36% of them (18 requests) were addressed to the original Ukrailways.com, 8% (4 requests) were made to Pagead2.googlesyndication.com and 8% (4 requests) were made to Hotelscombined.com. The less responsive or slowest element that took the longest time to load (778 ms) relates to the external source Ajax.googleapis.com.

Page Optimization Overview & Recommendations

Page size can be reduced by 406.8 kB (41%)

Content Size

994.6 kB

After Optimization

587.8 kB

  • HTML
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

In fact, the total size of Ukrailways.com main page is 994.6 kB. This result falls beyond the top 1M of websites and identifies a large and not optimized web page that may take ages to load. 50% of websites need less resources to load. Javascripts take 423.1 kB which makes up the majority of the site volume.

HTML Optimization

-75%

Potential reduce by 36.1 kB

  • Original 47.9 kB
  • After minification 42.6 kB
  • After compression 11.8 kB

HTML content can be minified and compressed by a website’s server. The most efficient way is to compress content using GZIP which reduces data amount travelling through the network between server and browser. This page needs HTML code to be minified as it can gain 5.3 kB, which is 11% of the original size. It is highly recommended that content of this web page should be compressed using GZIP, as it can save up to 36.1 kB or 75% of the original size.

Image Optimization

-2%

Potential reduce by 7.0 kB

  • Original 398.4 kB
  • After minification 391.4 kB

Image size optimization can help to speed up a website loading time. The chart above shows the difference between the size before and after optimization. UK Railways images are well optimized though.

JavaScript Optimization

-60%

Potential reduce by 254.1 kB

  • Original 423.1 kB
  • After minification 380.1 kB
  • After compression 169.0 kB

It’s better to minify JavaScript in order to improve website performance. The diagram shows the current total size of all JavaScript files against the prospective JavaScript size after its minification and compression. It is highly recommended that all JavaScript files should be compressed and minified as it can save up to 254.1 kB or 60% of the original size.

CSS Optimization

-88%

Potential reduce by 109.6 kB

  • Original 125.2 kB
  • After minification 86.9 kB
  • After compression 15.6 kB

CSS files minification is very important to reduce a web page rendering time. The faster CSS files can load, the earlier a page can be rendered. Ukrailways.com needs all CSS files to be minified and compressed as it can save up to 109.6 kB or 88% of the original size.

Requests Breakdown

Number of requests can be reduced by 21 (51%)

Requests Now

41

After Optimization

20

  • AJAX
  • Images
  • JavaScript
  • CSS

The browser has sent 41 CSS, Javascripts, AJAX and image requests in order to completely render the main page of UK Railways. We recommend that multiple CSS and JavaScript files should be merged into one by each type, as it can help reduce assets requests from 19 to 1 for JavaScripts and from 4 to 1 for CSS and as a result speed up the page load time.

Network Requests Diagram

ukrailways.com

ukrailways.com

173 ms

www.ukrailways.com

www.ukrailways.com

185 ms

A.style.css.pagespeed.cf.Qnqwpj6pjv.css

A.style.css.pagespeed.cf.Qnqwpj6pjv.css

111 ms

eucookie.js.pagespeed.jm.avHn2QMvyX.js

eucookie.js.pagespeed.jm.avHn2QMvyX.js

72 ms

adsbygoogle.js

adsbygoogle.js

57 ms

330710

330710

351 ms

socializeit.js.pagespeed.jm.bx5X5JKweZ.js

socializeit.js.pagespeed.jm.bx5X5JKweZ.js

123 ms

fix.js.pagespeed.jm.qmKwZmN6AK.js

fix.js.pagespeed.jm.qmKwZmN6AK.js

108 ms

design.js.pagespeed.jm.OPaKFPdCBA.js

design.js.pagespeed.jm.OPaKFPdCBA.js

54 ms

eucookie.js

eucookie.js

51 ms

imp

imp

239 ms

xtop-image-ukrailways-1000x240.jpg.pagespeed.ic.rrZxy1yYJX.jpg

xtop-image-ukrailways-1000x240.jpg.pagespeed.ic.rrZxy1yYJX.jpg

368 ms

728xNxuk-railways-on-the-move.jpg.pagespeed.ic.OlyMB6fLMX.jpg

728xNxuk-railways-on-the-move.jpg.pagespeed.ic.OlyMB6fLMX.jpg

246 ms

alegreya-bold-webfont.woff

alegreya-bold-webfont.woff

638 ms

alegreya-webfont.woff

alegreya-webfont.woff

404 ms

dejavuserif-webfont.woff

dejavuserif-webfont.woff

318 ms

dejavuserif-bold-webfont.woff

dejavuserif-bold-webfont.woff

404 ms

min480x300_dynamic.html

min480x300_dynamic.html

284 ms

imp

imp

87 ms

ca-pub-9699811323124176.js

ca-pub-9699811323124176.js

739 ms

zrt_lookup.html

zrt_lookup.html

373 ms

show_ads_impl.js

show_ads_impl.js

533 ms

JsMapper.ashx

JsMapper.ashx

529 ms

hc_searchbox.css

hc_searchbox.css

287 ms

poweredby_hotelscombined.png

poweredby_hotelscombined.png

180 ms

qtt-style-480300.css

qtt-style-480300.css

562 ms

jquery.min.js

jquery.min.js

564 ms

jquery-ui.min.js

jquery-ui.min.js

778 ms

stn.js

stn.js

368 ms

tradedoubler.js

tradedoubler.js

574 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

59 ms

agenda-webfont.woff

agenda-webfont.woff

119 ms

font-awesome.min.css

font-awesome.min.css

101 ms

ads

ads

432 ms

fontawesome-webfont.woff

fontawesome-webfont.woff

255 ms

sprite.gif

sprite.gif

561 ms

osd.js

osd.js

314 ms

sdk.js

sdk.js

182 ms

hc_pixel.gif

hc_pixel.gif

126 ms

hc_icon_calendar_modern.png

hc_icon_calendar_modern.png

47 ms

m_js_controller.js

m_js_controller.js

81 ms

abg.js

abg.js

105 ms

134 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

47 ms

xd_arbiter.php

xd_arbiter.php

77 ms

favicon

favicon

137 ms

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

googlelogo_color_112x36dp.png

196 ms

nessie_icon_tiamat_white.png

nessie_icon_tiamat_white.png

48 ms

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32 ms

x_button_blue2.png

x_button_blue2.png

48 ms

Accessibility Review

ukrailways.com accessibility score

57

Accessibility Issues

ARIA

These are opportunities to improve the usage of ARIA in your application which may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

[aria-*] attributes do not match their roles

Contrast

These are opportunities to improve the legibility of your content.

Impact

Issue

High

Background and foreground colors do not have a sufficient contrast ratio.

Names and labels

These are opportunities to improve the semantics of the controls in your application. This may enhance the experience for users of assistive technology, like a screen reader.

Impact

Issue

High

<frame> or <iframe> elements do not have a title

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

High

Form elements do not have associated labels

High

Links do not have a discernible name

Navigation

These are opportunities to improve keyboard navigation in your application.

Impact

Issue

High

Heading elements are not in a sequentially-descending order

Internationalization and localization

These are opportunities to improve the interpretation of your content by users in different locales.

Impact

Issue

High

<html> element does not have a [lang] attribute

Best practices

These items highlight common accessibility best practices.

Impact

Issue

High

[user-scalable="no"] is used in the <meta name="viewport"> element or the [maximum-scale] attribute is less than 5.

Best Practices

ukrailways.com best practices score

83

Areas of Improvement

Trust and Safety

Impact

Issue

High

Does not use HTTPS

Low

Ensure CSP is effective against XSS attacks

General

Impact

Issue

High

Browser errors were logged to the console

High

Page has valid source maps

SEO Factors

ukrailways.com SEO score

91

Search Engine Optimization Advices

Content Best Practices

Format your HTML in a way that enables crawlers to better understand your app’s content.

Impact

Issue

High

Image elements do not have [alt] attributes

Mobile Friendly

Make sure your pages are mobile friendly so users don’t have to pinch or zoom in order to read the content pages. [Learn more](https://developers.google.com/search/mobile-sites/).

Impact

Issue

High

Document uses legible font sizes

High

Tap targets are not sized appropriately

Language and Encoding

  • Language Detected

    EN

  • Language Claimed

    N/A

  • Encoding

    UTF-8

Language claimed in HTML meta tag should match the language actually used on the web page. Otherwise Ukrailways.com can be misinterpreted by Google and other search engines. Our service has detected that English is used on the page, and neither this language nor any other was claimed in <html> or <meta> tags. Our system also found out that Ukrailways.com main page’s claimed encoding is utf-8. Use of this encoding format is the best practice as the main page visitors from all over the world won’t have any issues with symbol transcription.

Social Sharing Optimization

ukrailways.com

Open Graph data is detected on the main page of UK Railways. This is the best way to make the web page social media friendly. Here is how it looks like on Facebook: