Sentence examples for close to schedule from inspiring English sources

"I just hope the race goes off on or close to schedule," Dixon, the local, said.

Amtrak trains in the Northeast Corridor ran on or close to schedule.

Passengers bought tickets in the belief that the airline's primary goal was to get them to their destination as close to schedule as possible.

"All New York City Transit subways are running on or close to schedule," the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced in a recorded message.

While commuters on New Jersey Transit trains still had a troubled ride this morning, Courtney Carroll, a spokeswoman for the railroad, said that all of its trains were running "on or close to schedule" as of 1 p.m.

It might not always be the cleanest, and seats aboard it are often hard to come by, but the line tends to provide two things highly esteemed by riders: trains arrive regularly -- that is, on or close to schedule -- and announcements are plentiful and intelligible, largely because of the recent addition of new trains to the line, the report found.

This will require a huge overnight operation to shift planes and equipment from the existing Don Muang airport, which will have to close to scheduled flights.

Businessmen also say that meetings are running closer to schedule.

They are even exploring skip-stop service as a way to get trains moving closer to schedule.

But the efforts to remake Hunters Point, a waterfront section of Long Island City, Queens, where rail cars once rolled onto barges, are closer to schedule.

When he finally sat down he managed to eat his lobster pot pie in record time, keeping the lunch closer to schedule than his predecessor, who had spent most of the lunch table hopping.