Note: traveling on Amtrak after traveling on a Shinkansen is...desperately depressing. Feels slow and rickety. And, of course, running late.
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Out of curiosity, I tried looked up average delay for the train I'm on. Relevant page of Amtrak site won't load. Perhaps says enough.
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OK, it finally loaded. It doesn't give an average number, just says that it's on time about 75% of the time. I mean, could be worse.
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I have taken quite a few trains in the U.S. now - not one of them has departed on time. This Summer I took the train from London KX to 1/2
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York and heard audible gasps from a group of American tourists when it made an on-the-minute departure 2/2.
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I say this because the rail system in the UK is - as your doubtless know - not that good. And yet trains in the US manage to be far worse.
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Only question that remains is: how do they define `on time'? If they means `less than half an hour delay', then you're `on time' right now.
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It could be waaaay worse. I took Via Rail (Canadian) this summer after my last rail experience was the Shinkansen, and found out that 8 hour
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delays on routes are a typical weekly occurence.
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"On time" is "within 15 minutes" I believe, at least for NEC trains.
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I know the big goal for the Cascades line has been to hit 80% on time service. :(
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I hope your not traveling south of D.C. CSX owns those tracks & can force Amtrak aside at any time. I usually get to Williamsburg 1 hr late.
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