Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance
March 2017
For the month of March 2017, the Bull Sheet has calculated that 26 percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier.
The average arrival of all long-distance trains in the survey period was one hour and nine minutes late.
The average arrival of the 74 percent of trains that were behind schedule was one hour and 33 minutes late.
A train is considered late whenever it arrives at its final destination behind schedule, even if only by a minute. Sufficient padding is incorporated into long-distance train schedules to eliminate the need for grace allowances in showing a train arriving on time when it is actually nominally late.
Trains arriving ahead of schedule are shown 'on time,' with no extra credit given to offset other arrivals that are late. Trains that are canceled, truncated, referred by Amtrak as 'service disrupted,' or provided unreliable data are typically excluded.
This survey was compiled by the Bull Sheet's statistical department comprehending actual performance as reported for each affected train on Amtrak's website.
Individual train performance over the course of the month of March 2017 was as follows:
Train
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Auto Train 19 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
California Zephyr 24 %
1 hour, 25 mins late
1 hour, 52 mins late
Capitol Limited 12 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
Cardinal 44 %
1 hour, 12 mins late
2 hours, 10 mins late
Carolinian 18 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
City of New Orleans 31 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
Coast Starlight 38 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Crescent 26 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 4 mins late
Empire Builder 18 %
3 hours, 13 mins late
3 hours, 56 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 17 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Maple Leaf 51 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Palmetto 15 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Silver Meteor 18 %
1 hour, 34 mins late
1 hour, 55 mins late
Silver Star 10 %
1 hour, 31 mins late
1 hour, 40 mins late
Southwest Chief 26 %
1 hour, 27 mins late
1 hour, 58 mins late
Sunset Limited 52 %
20 mins late
42 mins late
Texas Eagle 42 %
26 mins late
44 mins late
Vermonter 46 %
7 mins late
14 mins late
Daily Recap, March 2017 . . . . .
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Wednesday, March 1 19 %
1 hour, 22 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
Thursday, March 2 26 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 23 mins late
Friday, March 3 27 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Saturday, March 4 34 %
36 mins late
55 mins late
Sunday, March 5 47 %
25 mins late
48 mins late
Monday, March 6 38 %
36 mins late
59 min late
Tuesday, March 7 14 %
1 hour, 32 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
Wednesday, March 8 15 %
2 hours, 8 mins late
2 hours, 31 mins late
Thursday, March 9 20 %
2 hours, 14 mins late
2 hours, 48 mins late
Friday, March 10 11 %
1 hour, 37 mins late
1 hour, 49 mins late
Saturday, March 11 42 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Sunday, March 12 20 %
1 hour, 17 mins late *
1 hour, 36 mins late *
Monday, March 13 30 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
Tuesday, March 14 21 %
1 hour, 27 mins late
1 hour, 49 mins late
Wednesday, March 15 7 %
1 hour, 20 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
Thursday, March 16 21 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Friday, March 17 23 %
1 hour, 57 mins late
2 hours, 31 mins late
Saturday, March 18 47 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
2 hours, 3 mins late
Sunday, March 19 41 %
1 hour, 46 mins late
3 hours late
Monday, March 20 42 %
15 mins late
27 mins late
Tuesday, March 21 17 %
45 mins late
55 mins late
Wednesday, March 22 21 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
Thursday, March 23 17 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
Friday, March 24 14 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
Saturday, March 25 33 %
1 hour, 12 mins late
1 hour, 48 mins late
Sunday, March 26 31 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Monday, March 27 31 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
Tuesday, March 28 29 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
Wednesday, March 29 33 %
1 hour, 25 mins late
2 hours, 7 mins late
Thursday, March 30 17 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Friday, March 31 14 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 12 mins late
Composite for March 26 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
* Overnight trains arriving March 12 lost one hour of running time due to changeover to daylight time.
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March Comparison With Previous Two Years:
March 2016 44 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
March 2015 34 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 30 mins late