Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance
January 2018
Thirty-five (35) percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in January 2018.
The average arrival of all long-distance trains in the survey period was one hour and five minutes late.
The average arrival of the 65 percent of trains that were behind schedule was one hour and 41 minutes late.
A train is considered late whenever it arrives at its final destination behind schedule, even 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. (Amtrak uses grace allowances in presenting its on-time data, which this survey does not.)
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 insufficient or ambiguous data are typically excluded.
This survey was compiled by the Bull Sheet's statistical department comprehending actual performance as reported for each affected train as reported on Amtrak's website.
Individual train performance in the month of January 2018 was as follows:
Train
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Auto Train 59 %
51 mins late
2 hours, 3 mins late
California Zephyr 53 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
2 hours, 16 mins late
Capitol Limited 21 %
1 hour, 21 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
Cardinal 36 %
1 hour, 35 mins late
2 hours, 28 mins late
Carolinian 47 %
25 mins late
46 mins late
City of New Orleans 23 %
1 hour, 12 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
Coast Starlight 32 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Crescent 6 %
1 hour, 59 mins late
2 hours, 6 mins late
Empire Builder 55 %
58 mins late
2 hours, 10 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 13 %
2 hours, 7 mins late
2 hours, 26 mins late
Maple Leaf 34 %
34 mins late
52 mins late
Palmetto 36 %
36 mins late
56 mins late
Silver Meteor 19 %
1 hour, 26 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
Silver Star 15 %
1 hour, 49 mins late
2 hours, 8 mins late
Southwest Chief 73 %
21 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Sunset Limited 39 %
30 mins late
49 mins late
Texas Eagle 42 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
Vermonter 19 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Daily Recap . . . . .
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Monday, January 1 20 %
2 hours, 28 mins late
3 hours, 5 mins late
Tuesday, January 2 12 %
1 hour, 57 mins late
2 hours, 13 mins late
Wednesday, January 3 12 %
2 hours, 23 mins late
2 hours, 42 mins late
Thursday, January 4 13 %
3 hours, 12 mins late
3 hours, 40 mins late
Friday, January 5 20 %
2 hours, 8 mins late
2 hours, 40 mins late
Saturday, January 6 10 %
2 hours, 1 min late
2 hours, 14 mins late
Sunday, January 7 23 %
2 hours, 20 mins late
3 hours, 1 min late
Monday, January 8 20 %
1 hour, 16 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
Tuesday, January 9 39 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Wednesday, Januay 10 47 %
23 mins late
44 mins late
Thursday, January 11 38 %
35 mins late
57 mins late
Friday, January 12 31 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
Saturday, January 13 29 %
1 hour, 23 mins late
1 hour, 56 mins late
Sunday, January 14 50 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Monday, January 15 41 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Tuesday, January 16 25 %
45 mins late
1 hour late
Wednesday, January 17 41 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
Thursday, January 18 30 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
Friday, January 19 46 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
Saturday, January 20 32 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
Sunday, January 21 56 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
Monday, January 22 49 %
26 mins late
51 mins late
Tuesday, January 23 42 %
33 mins late
57 mins late
Wednesday, January 24 56 %
22 mins late
50 mins late
Thursday, January 25 42 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
Friday, January 26 29 %
42 mins late
59 mins late
Saturday, January 27 46 %
30 mins late
55 mins late
Sunday, January 28 42 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
Monday, January 29 48 %
28 mins late
55 mins late
Tuesday, January 30 39 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
Wednesday, January 31 56 %
25 mins late
58 mins late
Composite for January 35 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
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Month's Comparison, This and Three Previous Years:
Month
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
January 2018 35 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
January 2017 39 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
January 2016 55 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
January 2015 52 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
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Monthly Recap, Last Year (2017)
Month
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
July 2017 22 %
1 hour, 19 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
August 2017 26 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
September 2017 34 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
October 2017 31 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
November 2017 33 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
December 2017 35 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 32 mins late
Composite for 2017 30 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 27 mins late
Composite for 2016 40 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
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