Results for this period are:
TOTAL TRAINS= 620
ON TIME = 328 (53%)
LATE - 292 (47%)
AVERAGE DELAY = 45"
Of the late trains;
54% were 29" or less late;
16% were 30" to 59" late;
21% were 1' to 2' late;
8% were more than 2' late; and
<1% had no arrival time shown.
BY ROUTE, WITH ON-TIME % AND AVERAGE DELAY:
CAPITOL LIMITED
#29 - 23% - 1' 49"
#30 - 8% - 1' 16"
CARDINAL (WAS)
#51 - 69% - 30"
#50 - 31% - 54"
PENNSYLVANIAN
#43 - 17% - 33"
#42 - 63% - 15"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED
#49 - 38% - 1' 16"
#48 - 54% - 59"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED (ALBANY / BOSTON)
#449 - 40% - 41"
#448 - 10% - 1' 20"
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
#59 - 100% - N/A
#58 - 85% - 6"
CRESCENT (WAS)
#19 -0% - 2' 10"
#20 - 8% - 1' 20"
DETROIT CORRIDOR
(W) - 31% - 32"
(E) - 60% - 33"
ST. LOUIS CORRRIDOR
(W) - 81% - 40"
(E) - 52% - 30"
BUFFALO CORRIDOR
(W) - 24% - 26"
(E) - 75% - 40"
KANSAS CITY CORRIDOR
(W) - 77% - 27"
(E) - 63% 21"
Suffice it to say that performance has slipped from the preceding period of review. The only service to show improvement in both measured categories was the eastbound Pennsylvanian.
The causes for the delays as reported on the Amtrak Twitter sites are:
Amtrak Equipment = 32
Host Railroads = 83
3rd Party = 18 (includes Police, Fire Dept., Vehicles on tracks, etc.)
Weather = 6
Amtrak Holds = 13 (Usually for late equipment or connecting passengers)
Cancelled / Annulled = 6
Unforeseen Crew Issue = 1
N.O.S. = 231
Given the systemic failure by Amtrak to show any meaningful efforts to correct / eliminate avoidable delays in the past, the future performance of the restored services does not look promising. Additionally, one would have to be an incurable optimist to believe that Amtrak as it is presently constituted is capable of properly running the much ballyhooed proposed expanded services.
It is revealing just how far services have deteriorated to see that once again the Crescent is the poorest long-distance performer while the best-performing City of New Orleans has more than 2' 20" padding in each direction's schedule.
For the Capitol Limited, if the padding is considered then the actual delays for each direction should be increased by 1' 30".
Even the short corridor schedules have about 30" padding for each train.
And to forestall a certain inquiry, the 392 delays in this period are only for the reviewed services. I shudder to think what the cumulative total for all of off-NE Corridor Amtrak must be!
TOTAL TRAINS= 620
ON TIME = 328 (53%)
LATE - 292 (47%)
AVERAGE DELAY = 45"
Of the late trains;
54% were 29" or less late;
16% were 30" to 59" late;
21% were 1' to 2' late;
8% were more than 2' late; and
<1% had no arrival time shown.
BY ROUTE, WITH ON-TIME % AND AVERAGE DELAY:
CAPITOL LIMITED
#29 - 23% - 1' 49"
#30 - 8% - 1' 16"
CARDINAL (WAS)
#51 - 69% - 30"
#50 - 31% - 54"
PENNSYLVANIAN
#43 - 17% - 33"
#42 - 63% - 15"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED
#49 - 38% - 1' 16"
#48 - 54% - 59"
LAKE SHORE LIMITED (ALBANY / BOSTON)
#449 - 40% - 41"
#448 - 10% - 1' 20"
CITY OF NEW ORLEANS
#59 - 100% - N/A
#58 - 85% - 6"
CRESCENT (WAS)
#19 -0% - 2' 10"
#20 - 8% - 1' 20"
DETROIT CORRIDOR
(W) - 31% - 32"
(E) - 60% - 33"
ST. LOUIS CORRRIDOR
(W) - 81% - 40"
(E) - 52% - 30"
BUFFALO CORRIDOR
(W) - 24% - 26"
(E) - 75% - 40"
KANSAS CITY CORRIDOR
(W) - 77% - 27"
(E) - 63% 21"
Suffice it to say that performance has slipped from the preceding period of review. The only service to show improvement in both measured categories was the eastbound Pennsylvanian.
The causes for the delays as reported on the Amtrak Twitter sites are:
Amtrak Equipment = 32
Host Railroads = 83
3rd Party = 18 (includes Police, Fire Dept., Vehicles on tracks, etc.)
Weather = 6
Amtrak Holds = 13 (Usually for late equipment or connecting passengers)
Cancelled / Annulled = 6
Unforeseen Crew Issue = 1
N.O.S. = 231
Given the systemic failure by Amtrak to show any meaningful efforts to correct / eliminate avoidable delays in the past, the future performance of the restored services does not look promising. Additionally, one would have to be an incurable optimist to believe that Amtrak as it is presently constituted is capable of properly running the much ballyhooed proposed expanded services.
It is revealing just how far services have deteriorated to see that once again the Crescent is the poorest long-distance performer while the best-performing City of New Orleans has more than 2' 20" padding in each direction's schedule.
For the Capitol Limited, if the padding is considered then the actual delays for each direction should be increased by 1' 30".
Even the short corridor schedules have about 30" padding for each train.
And to forestall a certain inquiry, the 392 delays in this period are only for the reviewed services. I shudder to think what the cumulative total for all of off-NE Corridor Amtrak must be!
