Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance
June 2017
For the month of June 2017, the Bull Sheet has calculated that 20 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 13 minutes late.
The average arrival of the 80 percent of trains that were behind schedule was one hour and 32 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 June 2017 was as follows:
Train
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Auto Train 55 %
12 mins late
27 mins late
California Zephyr 12 %
2 hours, 21 mins late
2 hours, 40 mins late
Capitol Limited 0 %
1 hour, 24 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Cardinal 15 %
1 hour, 32 mins late
1 hour, 48 mins late
Carolinian 11 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
City of New Orleans 25 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Coast Starlight 37 %
1 hour, 10 mins late
1 hour, 51 mins late
Crescent 5 %
2 hours, 1 min late
2 hours, 7 mins late
Empire Builder 43 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 9 %
1 hour, 42 mins late
1 hour, 52 mins late
Maple Leaf 36 %
21 mins late
33 mins late
Palmetto 4 %
53 mins late
56 mins late
Silver Meteor 17 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
Silver Star 5 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Southwest Chief 5 %
2 hours, 59 mins late
3 hours, 8 mins late
Sunset Limited 36 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
Texas Eagle 32 %
1 hour, 18 mins late
1 hour, 55 mins late
Vermonter 6 %
41 mins late
43 mins late
Daily Recap, June 2017 . . . . .
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Thursday, June 1 24 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
Friday, June 2 18 %
1 hour, 31 mins late
1 hour, 51 mins late
Saturday, June 3 30 %
36 mins late
52 mins late
Sunday, June 4 29 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
Monday, June 5 42 %
33 mins late
57 mins late
Tuesday, June 6 25 %
1 hour, 57 mins late
2 hours, 36 mins late
Wednesday, June 7 19 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
Thursday, June 8 20 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Friday, June 9 8 %
1 hour, 10 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
Saturday, June 10 17 %
49 mins late
59 mins late
Sunday, June 11 28 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 1 min late
Monday, June 12 28 %
1 hour, 22 mins late
1 hour, 54 mins late
Tuesday, June 13 23 %
1 hour, 29 mins late
1 hour, 55 mins late
Wednesday, June 14 22 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
Thursday, June 15 23 %
1 hour, 29 mins late
1 hour, 55 mins late
Friday, June 16 19 %
1 hour, 30 mins late
1 hour, 51 mins late
Saturday, June 17 24 %
1 hour, 32 mins late
2 hours, 1 min late
Sunday, June 18 21 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
Monday, June 19 18 %
1 hour, 15 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
Tuesday, June 20 19 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
Wednesday, June 21 20 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Thursday, June 22 15 %
1 hour, 27 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
Friday, June 23 11 %
1 hour, 37 mins late
1 hour, 49 mins late
Saturday, June 24 12 %
1 hour, 20 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
Sunday, June 25 20 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Monday, June 26 24 %
1 hour, 21 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
Tuesday, June 27 30 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
Wednesday, June 28 15 %
1 hour, 41 mins late
1 hour, 58 mins late
Thursday, June 29 6 %
1 hour, 25 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
Friday, June 30 14 %
1 hour, 37 mins late
1 hour, 53 mins late
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Composite for June 2017 20 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
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June Comparison, This Year vs Last Year:
June 2017 20 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
June 2016 29 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
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Monthly Recap - First Six Months of 2017
Performance
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
January 2017 39 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
February 2017 40 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
March 2017 26 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
April 2017 31 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
May 2017 28 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
June 2017 20 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
Composite for 6 months 30 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late