» Empire Corridor OTP Surges...

June 16, 2009

In a very positive improvement, on-time performance for Empire Corridor trains has soared in recent months, positively impacted by both substantially lower freight volumes and seemingly much improved handling by the freight carriers.

OTP for all Empire Corridor trains reached 88.4% in May 2009. In February Empire Corridor OTP was 82.2%, up 12.0% from the prior year; in March it hit 90.1%, up 20.3% and for April, OTP was 89.0%, up 19.6% from April 2008. (Empire Corridor trains include all 200 series trains running in the Hudson Valley and west to Niagara Falls)

Other May 2009 New York State OTP results are:

•Lake Shore Limited service between New York/Boston and Chicago: 76.5% OTP

•Maple Leaf service between New York and Toronto: 71.0% OTP

•Adirondack service betrween New York and Montreal: 52.3% OTP

•Ethan Allen Express service between New York and Rutland, VT: 50.0% OTP