National Railroad Passenger
Corporation (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
Nov-07
Nov-08
On-time
performance (percentage on-time)
73.8
78.1
Percent
change from same month previous year
11.31
5.83
NOTE:
The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the
previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: National Railroad Passenger Corporation
(Amtrak), Monthly
Performance Reports,
available at http://www.amtrak.com/ as of February 2009.
