Union Pacific launches Unified Plan 2020 to improve performance

Union Pacific has begun the phased roll-out of its Unified Plan 2020 (Photo: David Lustig).

USA: On October 1 Union Pacific began the phased roll-out of its Unified Plan 2020, an operating plan designed to implement ‘precision scheduled railroading’ principles with the aim of achieving an operating ratio of 60 by 2020 and 55 in the longer term.

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