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Amtrak announced the new Amtrak Cascades brand in the fall 1998 timetable; the new equipment began operation in December. [22] [23] The full Cascades brand was rolled out on January 12, 1999, following a six-week delay due to an issue with the seat designs on the Talgo trainsets. [24] [25] Amtrak extended a second train to Eugene in late 2000.
In November 2009, Amtrak and Union Pacific completed an $8.1-million 9,000-foot (2,700 m) passing loop near California, Missouri, designed to improve performance along the route. It was funded by the state of Missouri and the Federal Railroad Administration and has been credited with helping to improve Amtrak's on-time performance.
The report is known as the Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study and must be delivered to Congress within two years. [ 42 ] In June 2023, Amtrak submitted an application for a federal grant to increase Sunset Limited service to operate daily.
The Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study was created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to be completed by the Federal Railroad Administration.Its purpose is to evaluate the restoration and addition of discontinued and new long-distance passenger services, as well as the upgrading of tri-weekly long-distance services to daily operation.
The train is the sole Amtrak service in Tennessee, making stops at Memphis and Newbern. In fiscal year 2004, the City of New Orleans achieved an on-time performance rating of 67.6%. [31] The train's average on-time performance rating for fiscal year 2006 was 86.8%, reaching as high as 93.5% for the month of May 2006. [32]
The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (originally H.R. 6003, passed as division B of Pub. L. 110–432 (text)) is a law that reauthorized Amtrak and authorized the United States Department of Transportation to provide grants for operating costs and capital expenses and to repay Amtrak's long-term debt and capital leases.
The Empire Builder is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of Spokane.Introduced in 1929, it was the flagship passenger train of the Great Northern Railway and was retained by Amtrak when it took over intercity rail service in 1971.
In public transportation, schedule adherence or on-time performance refers to the level of success of the service (such as a bus or train) remaining on the published schedule. On time performance, sometimes referred to as on time running, is normally expressed as a percentage, with a higher percentage meaning more vehicles are on time.