Amtrak trips of up to 250 miles are considered on time if they
arrive less than 10 minutes beyond the scheduled arrival time; 251-350 miles,
15 minutes; 351-450 miles, 20 minutes; 451-550 miles, 25 minutes; and greater
than 550 miles, 30 minutes.
Passenger
Rail On-Time Performance
Aug-04
Aug-05
On-time performance
(percentage on-time)
66.7
65.3
Percent change from the
same month in the previous year
-4.49
-2.10
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value
from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: Amtrak,
"Monthly Performance Reports", available at http://www.amtrak.com/,
as of September 2005.
