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Table 3-8: Amtrak On-Time Performance Trends and Hours of Delay by Cause, Various Fiscal Years

Wednesday, August 20, 2014
  2000 2010 2011 2012
On-time performance, total percent (weighted) 78.2 79.7 78.1 83.0
Short distance (<400 miles), percent 82.0 80.3 79.8 84.5
Long distance (>=400 miles), percent 55.0 74.7 63.6 70.7
Hours of delay by cause, total 70,396 79,976 86,021 79,235
On Amtrak owned tracksa 23,337 23,404 26,121 21,384
On host railroad owned tracksb 43,881 44,090 48,707 46,564
Otherc 3,176 12,482 11,192 11,286

a Includes all delays that occur when operating on Amtrak owned tracks and all delays for equipment or engine failure, passenger handling, holding for connections, train servicing, and mail/baggage handling when on tracks of a host railroad.

b Includes all operating delays not attributable to Amtrak when operating on the tracks of a host railroad, such as track and signal related delays, power failures, freight and commuter train interference, routing delays, etc.

c Includes delays not attributable to Amrak or other host railroads, such as customs and immigration, law enforcement action, weather, or waiting for scheduled departure time.

SOURCE: Various sources as listed at: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, Table 1-73, as of May 2013.