Amtrak Sunset Limited On-Time-Performance Petition to STB

STATUS REPORT REGARDING ON-TIME PERFORMANCE OF SUNSET LIMITED TRAINS
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On March 13, 2023, Amtrak filed its first status report regarding the on-time performance of Sunset Limited Trains. In that update, Amtrak presented data demonstrating that COTP remained substandard during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 2023, the quarter that concluded after Amtrak filed its Complaint and Petition. Amtrak now has data for the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2023, which underscores the need for an expeditious Board investigation and remediation of the Sunset’s continuing substandard on-time performance.3 During the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, Sunset Limited Train 1 registered 45% COTP and Sunset Limited Train 2 registered 38% COTP. These figures are still nowhere close to meeting the applicable COTP standard. Indeed, as shown below, the COTP for Sunset Limited trains remained deficient for the sixth consecutive quarter:
Fiscal Year Quarter Train 1 COTP Train 2 COTP
1Q22 (October-December 2021) 40% 40%
2Q22 (January-March 2022) 24% 35%
3Q22 (April-June 2022) 10% 11%
4Q22 (July-September 2022) 11% 7%
1Q23 (October-December 2022) 31% 26%
2Q23 (January-March 2023) 45% 38%
Dated: April 18, 2023
Eleanor D. Acheson
Executive Vice President and General
Counsel
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
1 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Respectfully submitted:
/s/
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