ACE suffers from Union Pacific dispatching problems
The Coast Starlight and the California Zephyr were/are not the only trains affected by, ahem, suboptimal dispatching and congestion on Union Pacific tracks - ACE, the Altamont Commuter Express commuter rail operator that runs a line from Stockton over Altamont Pass to San Jose, also reports very bad on-time performance for the month of October and the whole year of 2006:
As of today, the ACE train is running at 52% on-time for the month of October and 77% for the year thus far. This is unacceptable considering Union Pacific’s contractual obligation to dispatch the ACE trains at 95% on-time.
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