Virginians For High Speed Rail

January 22, 2009: The Tampa Tribune "Amtrak Silver Star Improves On-Time Performance"

Amtrak's Silver Star, which operates a daily northbound and southbound train through Tampa on its New York-Miami route, improved its on-time performance in December compared with the 12-month period, Amtrak records show.

The northbound Silver Star was on time for 87.1 percent of its schedules in December, compared with 51.7 percent over the 12-month period.

The southbound Silver Star was on-time 67.7 percent of its schedules in December, compared with 51.6 percent over the12-month period.

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