Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance
April 2017
For the month of April 2017, the Bull Sheet has calculated that 31 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 52 minutes late.
The average arrival of the 69 percent of trains that were behind schedule was one hour and 16 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 April 2017 was as follows:
Train
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Auto Train 14 %
1 hour, 52 mins late
2 hours, 9 mins late
California Zephyr 43 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
2 hours, 1 min late
Capitol Limited 17 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Cardinal 62 %
12 mins late
31 mins late
Carolinian 11 %
1 hour, 4 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
City of New Orleans 31 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
Coast Starlight 51 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
Crescent 7 %
1 hour, 23 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
Empire Builder 55 %
20 mins late
44 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 16 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Maple Leaf 51 %
9 mins late
18 mins late
Palmetto 13 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Silver Meteor 19 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
Silver Star 17 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
Southwest Chief 35 %
1 hour, 10 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
Sunset Limited 60 %
26 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Texas Eagle 56 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
Vermonter 43 %
20 mins late
36 mins late
Daily Recap, April 2017 . . . . .
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Saturday, April 1 45 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
Sunday, April 2 38 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
Monday, April 3 23 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Tuesday, April 4 29 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
Wednesday, April 5 31 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Thursday, April 6 32 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
Friday, April 7 17 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
Saturday, April 8 33 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
Sunday, April 9 34 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 45 mins late
Monday, April 10 26 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
Tuesday, April 11 31 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
Wednesday, April 12 39 %
33 mins late
54 mins late
Thursday, April 13 32 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
Friday, April 14 17 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Saturday, April 15 36 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
Easter 53 %
13 mins late
27 mins late
Monday, April 17 39 %
34 mins late
56 mins late
Tuesday, April 18 37 %
32 mins late
51 mins late
Wednesday, April 19 36 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
Thursday, April 20 26 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
Friday, April 21 22 %
45 mins late
58 mins late
Saturday, April 22 29 %
41 mins late
57 mins late
Sunday, April 23 47 %
24 mins late
46 mins late
Monday, April 24 34 %
37 mins late
57 mins late
Tuesday, April 25 24 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 36 mins late
Wednesday, April 26 30 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
Thursday, April 27 15 %
1 hour, 21 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
Friday, April 28 34 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Saturday, April 29 28 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Sunday, April 30 27 %
1 hour, 54 mins late
2 hours, 39 mins late
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Composite for April 31 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
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April Comparison 2017 vs 2016:
April 2017 31 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
April 2016 44 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 4 mins late