Weekly Service Update

Announcement Number: CN2015-75
Categories: Weekly Service Updates
Posted Date: November 4, 2015

To Our Customers,

Despite widespread flooding in Texas, velocity remained flat to the previous week, and we experienced only a slight increase in terminal dwell. Much of the week was spent repairing damage caused by the rainfall with all routes back in service by the end of the week. Scheduled maintenance projects for the upcoming week include tie, rail and bridge maintenance on 15 key subdivisions, with a heavy focus on the Northern and Southern regions. Check for more information on our maintenance projects (user ID and password required).

Below are some network statistics from last week:

  • Carloadings for the week ending Oct. 31, 2015, were 175,355. This is down 0.9 percent compared to the previous week.
  • AAR system velocity was 26.5 mph, which is flat compared to the previous week.
  • System terminal dwell was 27.7 hours, which is up 0.2 hours compared to the previous week.
  • In total, we had 293,327 cars online, which is flat compared to the previous week.

Thank you for your business. Please contact the National Customer Service Center or your Union Pacific representative with any questions.