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
Jun-06
Jun-07
On-time performance
(percentage on-time)
64.4
68.3
Percent change from same
month previous year
0.16
6.06
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value
from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: Amtrak,
"Monthly Performance Reports", available at http://www.amtrak.com/,
as of August 2007.
