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[quote user="blue streak 1"] Some one enlighten us.   Isn't Acela on time arrival times less than regular passenger trains ?.  Also the distance the train travels affects how late is still on time ? [/quote] The Acela is late if it misses its end point schedule by more than 10 minutes. The other trains in the NEC are late only if they miss their end point arrival times by more than 15 minutes. Some of the long distance trains can be 30 minutes off the advertised and still be counted on-time. The Acela is held to a tighter metric.  Go figure. In FY13 Keystone, Lynchburg, Capitols, New York to Albany (includes trains that operate only between NYC and Albany), Heartland Flyer, Hiawatha, Carl Sandburg / Illinois Zephyr, Lincoln Service, Missouri Service, Pennsylvanian, and City of New Orleans trains had end-point on-time percentages that ranged from just above the Acela's 85.3 per cent to a system high of 95 per cent for the Capitols. What the results would look like if the Acela were held to the 15 minute metric like the other trains, or the other trains were held to the 10 minute metric like the Acela, is unknown. A train or plane or bus should be considered on-time only if it arrives in the station when the schedule says that it will. Fudging the outcome does not make a lot of sense.
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