Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week
ending January 15, 2017
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
Monday, January 9 |
29 % |
1 hour, 38 mins late |
2 hours, 17 mins late |
Tuesday, January 10 |
17 % |
1 hour, 56 mins late |
2 hours, 20 mins late |
Wednesday, January 11 |
24 % |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
1 hour, 30 mins late |
Thursday, January 12 |
30 % |
1 hour, 28 mins late |
2 hours, 5 mins late |
Friday, January 13 |
39 % |
1 hour, 49 mins late |
2 hours, 59 mins late |
Saturday, January 14 |
38 % |
52 mins late |
1 hour, 24 mins late |
Sunday, January 15 |
60 % |
31 mins late |
1 hour, 17 mins late |
Thirty-five percent of Amtrak's long-distance trains arrived
at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending January
15, 2017. The remaining 65 percent, on average, arrived two hours and one
minute late. (In the correspnding week last year, 51 percent of Amtrak's
long-distance trains arrived on time or earlier.)
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Performance of Individual Trains .
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Auto Train
- On-time arrival at final destination: 22 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 3 hours, 26 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 4 hours, 25 mins late
California Zephyr
- On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 5 hours, 20 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 5 hours, 20 mins late
Capitol Limited
- On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 33 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 6 mins late
Cardinal
- On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 22 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 43 mins late
Carolinian
- On-time arrival at final destination: 33 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 52 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 18 mins late
City of New Orleans
- On-time arrival at final destination: 36 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 13 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 21 mins late
Coast Starlight
- On-time arrival at final destination: 15 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 3 hours, 55 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 4 hours, 38 mins late
Crescent
- On-time arrival at final destination: 25 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 43 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 57 mins late
Empire Builder
- On-time arrival at final destination: 11 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 25 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 42 mins late
Lake Shore Limited
- On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 49 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 9 mins late
Maple Leaf
- On-time arrival at final destination: 71 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 4 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 14 mins late
Palmetto
- On-time arrival at final destination: 20 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 39 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 48 mins
late
Silver Meteor
- On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 28 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 4 mins late
Silver Star
- On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 16 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 46 min late
Southwest Chief
- On-time arrival at final destination: 86 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 15 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 47 mins late
Sunset Limited
- On-time arrival at final destination: 83 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 8 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 47 mins late
Texas Eagle
- On-time arrival at final destination: 43 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 10 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 2 mins late
Vermonter
- On-time arrival at final destination: 14 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 25 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 29 mins late
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains,
week ending Jan. 15, 2017)
- On-time arrival at final destination: 35 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 19 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 1 min late
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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 generally reported by Amtrak.
.