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Table 16
Amtrak On-Time Performance Trends and Hours of Delay by Cause
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| On-time performance |
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| Total system |
69% |
81% |
76% |
76% |
78% |
| Short distance (<400 miles) |
71% |
82% |
82% |
81% |
81% |
| Long distance (>=400 miles) |
64% |
78% |
53% |
57% |
56% |
| Hours of delay by causea |
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| Amtrakb |
N |
N |
3,565 |
5,527 |
20,187 |
| Freightc |
N |
N |
4,244 |
11,224 |
33,718 |
| Otherd |
N |
N |
4,316 |
8,497 |
14,718 |
| Totale |
N |
N |
12,126 |
25,248 |
68,623 |
a Amtrak changed its method for reporting
delays in 2000. Therefore, 2000 data are not comparable to prior years.
b Includes equipment malfunctions, train servicing in stations,
and passenger-related delays.
c Includes maintenance of way/slow
orders, freight train interference, signal delays.
d Includes passenger train interference, waiting for connections, running time, weather-related
delays, and miscellaneous.
e Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding.
Key: N = data do not exist.
Notes: All percentages are based on Amtrak's fiscal year (Oct. 1-Sept. 30).
Amtrak trips are considered delayed based on the following chart:
| 0-250 |
10 |
| 251-350 |
15 |
| 351-450 |
20 |
| 451-550 |
25 |
| > 551 |
30 |
Source: Various sources, as cited in USDOT, Bureau
of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics 2002
(Washington, DC: 2002), table 1-66.
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