Overall revenue is up, costs are being contained, expansion plans remain on track, and Amtrak is taking detailed steps to ...

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is proposing service metrics that would measure the on-time performance of Amtrak's intercity passenger rail operations. The application of these metrics ...

The proposed rule “would define Amtrak intercity passenger train on-time performance, and would set forth—on average—a minimum on-time performance standard of 80%,” FRA said. The proposed performance ...

After nearly 10 years of a contentious battle involving Amtrak and its host freight railroads that twice reached the U.S. Supreme Court, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has published a final ...

“If Amtrak wasn’t running well ... closely follows the performance metrics that the freight railroads are required to report to the STB each week. He says shippers’ concerns are justified ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a case again about whether Amtrak can have a role in crafting the on-time performance metrics and standards for the freight railroads. The Court's June 3 ...

Implementing the new law, the FRA and Amtrak jointly drafted metrics and standards and put them out for public comment. Metrics developed to measure on-time performance in particular drew ...

It's not just your imagination—Amtrak really has been delayed more than usual lately. According to the passenger rail corporation's latest monthly performance report, on-time arrival stands at ...

Amtrak said the executive bonuses were based on metrics such as ridership, customer satisfaction and financial performance. Qiana Spain, Amtrak’s executive vice president and chief human ...

and Amtrak the joint power to promulgate metrics and standards to define "on-time performance," and gave the STB the power to penalize a freight railroad if Amtrak trains operating over its tracks ...

Below, I've mapped Amtrak's 33 major routes and colored them according to their on-time performance. Click the image for a larger version. Eight of the 33 routes, including most of the long ...