Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance
May 2017
For the month of May 2017, the Bull Sheet has calculated that 28 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 six minutes late.
The average arrival of the 72 percent of trains that were behind schedule was one hour and 31 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 with 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 May 2017 was as follows:
Train
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Auto Train 55 %
27 mins late
59 mins late
California Zephyr 23 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 28 min late
Capitol Limited 18 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
Cardinal 38 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Carolinian 11 %
1 hour, 4 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
City of New Orleans 39 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Coast Starlight 55 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
Crescent 2 %
2 hours, 24 mins late
2 hours, 26 mins late
Empire Builder 54 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 8 %
1 hour, 27 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Maple Leaf 35 %
26 mins late
40 mins late
Palmetto 7 %
45 mins late
49 mins late
Silver Meteor 29 %
39 mins late
55 mins late
Silver Star 10 %
1 hour, 21 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
Southwest Chief 31 %
1 hour, 59 mins late
2 hours, 51 mins late
Sunset Limited 58 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Texas Eagle 20 %
2 hours, 39 mins late
3 hours, 19 mins late
Vermonter 32 %
20 mins late
30 mins late
Daily Recap, May 2017 . . . . .
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Monday, May 1 18 %
1 hour, 39 mins late
2 hours late
Tuesday, May 2 29 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Wednesday, May 3 24 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Thursday, May 4 27 %
1 hour, 20 mins late
1 hour, 50 mins late
Friday, May 5 14 %
1 hour, 48 mins late
2 hours, 6 mins late
Saturday, May 6 39 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
Sunday, May 7 41 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
Monday, May 8 30 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 45 mins late
Tuesday, May 9 25 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
Wednesday, May 10 15 %
1 hour, 4 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
Thursday, May 11 9 %
1 hour, 22 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
Friday, May 12 22 %
1 hour, 24 mins late
1 hour, 48 mins late
Saturday, May 13 29 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Sunday, May 14 28 %
35 mins late
48 mins late
Monday, May 15 42 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
Tuesday, May 16 29 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
Wednesday, May 17 26 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Thursday, May 18 21 %
1 hour, 10 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
Friday, May 19 27 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
Saturday, May 20 31 %
1 hour, 25 mins late
2 hours, 4 mins late
Sunday, May 21 28 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
Monday, May 22 31 %
39 mins late
57 mins late
Tuesday, May 23 29 %
1 hour, 29 mins late
2 hours, 5 mins late
Wednesday, May 24 22 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
Thursday, May 25 24 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
Friday, May 26 14 %
1 hour, 18 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
Saturday, May 27 37 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 53 mins late
Sunday, May 28 17 %
1 hour, 23 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
Memorial Day 51 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Tuesday, May 30 43 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Wednesday, May 31 35 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
Composite for May 2017 28 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
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May Comparison, This Year vs Last Year:
May 2017 28 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
May 2016 41 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late