I've been monitoring the arrival times of the California Zephyr in Chicago in anticipation of my trip next June. The train always seems to be at least an hour late. Why doesn't Amtrak update schedules to reflect actual arrival times?
Because host railroads like the UP are supposed to be gracious and give Amtrak the right of way. Like that'll ever happen though. <_<denmarks said:I've been monitoring the arrival times of the California Zephyr in Chicago in anticipation of my trip next June. The train always seems to be at least an hour late. Why doesn't Amtrak update schedules to reflect actual arrival times?
What if the conductor has boarded everyone on his manifest? Can s/he in sense allow the train to leave early?Of course since the train can never leave the station earlier than it's scheduled time, a train that hits no delays simply waits for 10 minutes or more at each station along the way. So being super early never happens.
As a general rule, no they can't. Some conductor's have been known to leave a minute or two early, but that's usually about that max.Amfleet said:What if the conductor has boarded everyone on his manifest? Can s/he in sense allow the train to leave early?Of course since the train can never leave the station earlier than it's scheduled time, a train that hits no delays simply waits for 10 minutes or more at each station along the way. So being super early never happens.
Yep, sat on Sunset Ltd #2 in Tuscon for 45 minutes due to early arrival this summer. These early arrivals and 30-45 minute waits at stations proceeded all the way to New Orleans, where we finally left 30 minutes late, arrived/departed from the following stations on time and arrived in Orlando 10 minutes early.AlanB said:Of course since the train can never leave the station earlier than it's scheduled time, a train that hits no delays simply waits for 10 minutes or more at each station along the way. So being super early never happens.
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