Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week
ending February 4, 2018
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if 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 |
Thursday, February 1 |
48 % |
42 mins late |
1 hour, 22 mins late |
Friday, February 2 |
29 % |
43 mins late |
1 hour, 1 min late |
Saturday, February 3 |
32 % |
54 mins late |
1 hour, 20 mins late |
Sunday, February 4 |
42 % |
31 mins late |
55 mins late |
Forty-two percent of Amtrak's named
long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier
in the week ending February 4, 2018. The remaining 58 percent, on average,
arrived one hour and 10 minutes late.
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Performance of Individual Trains
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Auto Train
- On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 29 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 58 mins late
California Zephyr
- On-time arrival at final destination: 93 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 15 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 30 mins late
Capitol Limited
- On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 2 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 26 mins late
Cardinal
- On-time arrival at final destination: incomplete data
- Average arrival, all trains: incomplete data
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: incomplete data
Carolinian
- On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 29 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 41 mins late
City of New Orleans
- On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 34 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 43 mins late
Coast Starlight
- On-time arrival at final destination: 71 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 21 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 14 mins late
Crescent
- On-time arrival at final destination: incomplete data
- Average arrival, all trains: incomplete data
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: incomplete data
Empire Builder
- On-time arrival at final destination: incomplete data
- Average arrival, all trains: incomplete data
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: incomplete data
Lake Shore Limited
- On-time arrival at final destination: 19 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 19 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 38 mins late
Maple Leaf
- On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 8 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 17 mins late
Palmetto
- On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 27 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 34 mins
late
Silver Meteor
- On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 45 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 3 mins late
Silver Star
- On-time arrival at final destination: incomplete data
- Average arrival, all trains: incomplete data
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: incomplete data
Southwest Chief
- On-time arrival at final destination: 64 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 20 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 56 mins late
Sunset Limited
- On-time arrival at final destination: 33 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 19 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 58 mins late
Texas Eagle
- On-time arrival at final destination: incomplete data
- Average arrival, all trains: incomplete data
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: incomplete data
Vermonter
- On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 7 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 13 mins late
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains,
week ending February 4, 2018)
- On-time arrival at final destination: 42 %
- Average arrival, all trains: 40 mins late
- Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 10 mins late
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ABOUT THESE REPORTS:
The Bull Sheet calculates arrival
performance at final destination of Amtrak's named long-distance trains.
The data are based upon the reported arrival times of each of the affected
trains, and there is no grace allowance for minimal lateness. If a train
arrives at its final terminal behind schedule, even by a minute, it is
considered 'late.' The Bull Sheet considers that long-distance trains have
sufficient padding in their schedule to offset typical en route delays,
and it is not necessary to apply a grace allowance on top of that padding
to bolster on time reporting. Accordingly, these reports offer a more realistic
analysis than what is reported by Amtrak. (Trains that are truncated, annulled,
terminated en route, reported as 'service disrupted,' or furnished with
incomplete or ambiguous data are typically excluded from the survey.)
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