CN Moves up on Host Road Report Card

https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/proj ... d-FAQs.pdf
Note that Canadian National, which back in 2014 had been the subject of an STB complaint for systematically delaying Amtrak trains, is now among the top three host roads for on time performance. I wonder what happened to cause their management to work more closely with Amtrak than they had in the past.
Andy

The City of New Orleans performing better raised their score. If I had to guess that is longer than the rest of the CN territory used by Amtrak combined.

I would love to see a survey of Amtrak as a host or Amtrak's view of its commuter hosts. I am not surprised by the Keystone numbers, but I am curious how well the other tenants (SEPTA, NJT and the freights) do in the same territory.

Considering that both #'s 58 & 59 (City of New Orleans have over 2' 15" padding in their schedules, it is hard to be late.

I'm sure the number one reason is trying to get approval for the KCS merger. It helps that they completed the new concrete Bonnet Carre bridge west of New Orleans. The old timber bridge was limited to 10 mph and would close any time the spillway would open (sometimes lasting months). During closures the CONO would have to turn in Mississippi.

Reduced frequency during COVID probably helped the most...

prokowave wrote:I'm sure the number one reason is trying to get approval for the KCS merger.

Doubtful it has anything to do with the merger. These report cards look further back than the three-six months or so the deal has been in motion.


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Here in Canada...CN always gets a bad rap for handling the Canadian.....but that's only 4 of the other 475 VIA trains per week (Covid aside) CN handles that generally have a pretty good time keeping record. Mainly in the Corridor but also the long distance Ocean to the Maritimes.