Friday, March 6, 2009

Final On-Time Record

DC-Chicago (Capitol Limited) = Exactly on time
Chicago-Denver (California Zephyr) = 50 minutes late
Denver-Emeryville (California Zephyr) = 40 minutes early
Emeryville-Los Angeles (Coast Starlight) = 30 minutes early
Los Angeles-Portland (Coast Starlight) = 7 minutes late
Portland-Minneapolis (Empire Builder) = 22 minutes late
Minneapolis-Chicago (Empire Builder) = 27 minutes early
Chicago-DC (Capitol Limited) = 32 minutes early
DC-Boston (Northeast Regional) = 45 minutes late (it left DC 23 minutes late)
Boston-New Haven (Northeast Regional) = 4 minutes later
New Haven-Boston (Northeast Regional) = 17 minutes late (the train actually arrived in New Haven 32 minutes early, which was impressive, even if we couldn't leave the station before the scheduled departure.)

Overall, I was super impressed, especially because I was expecting the train to always be late. And, when the train from DC to Boston was delayed and left late, it worked out better for me! I was on a train that was supposed to arrive at 1:35pm, and the train to Boston was supposed to depart at 1:25pm. But I still made it, and got to come home 3 hours earlier!

And, if you're curious, Amtrak's website lists the on-time records for all of its routes: Amtrak's On-Time Performance.

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