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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