Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending January 8, 2017
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
Monday, January 2 | 53 % |
32 mins late |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
Tuesday, January 3 | 39 % |
50 mins late |
1 hour, 23 mins late |
Wednesday, January 4 | 36 % |
39 mins late |
1 hour, 2 mins late |
Thursday, January 5 | 31 % |
1 hour, 5 mins late |
1 hour, 35 mins late |
Friday, January 6 | 26 % |
1 hour, 21 mins late |
1 hour, 49 mins late |
Saturday, January 7 | 16 % |
1 hour, 30 mins late |
1 hour, 47 mins late |
Sunday, January 8 | 20 % |
2 hours, 12 mins late |
2 hours, 45 mins late |
Thirty-two percent of Amtrak's long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending January 8, 2017. The remaining 68 percent, on average, arrived one hour and 42 minutes late. Eccentric weather throughout much of the country contributed to the poor performance. (In the correspnding week last year, 56 percent of Amtrak's long-distance trains arrived on time or earlier.)
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Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train
California Zephyr
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian
City of New Orleans
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder
Lake Shore Limited
Maple Leaf
Palmetto
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending Jan. 8, 2017)
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RECAP LAST YEAR - (monthly in 2016) . . . . .
Recap 2016
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
JANUARY 2016 55 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
FEBRUARY 2016 50 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
MARCH 2016 44 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
APRIL 2016 44 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 4 mins late
MAY 2016 41 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
JUNE 2016 29 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
JULY 2016 30 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
AUGUST 2016 33 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
SEPTEMBER 2016 38 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
OCTOBER 2016 38 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
NOVEMBER 2016 38 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
DECEMBER 2016 35 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
ABOUT THESE REPORTS:
The Bull Sheet calculates arrival performance at final destination of Amtrak's named long-distance trains. The data are based upon the reported arrival times of each of the affected trains, and there is no grace allowance for minimal lateness. If a train arrives at its final destination behind schedule, even by a minute, it is considered late. The Bull Sheet considers that since long-distance trains have sufficient padding in their schedule to offset typical en route delays, it is not necessary to apply a grace allowance on top of that padding to bolster on time reporting. Accordingly, these reports represent a more accurate analysis than what is typically reported by Amtrak.
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