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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending March 4, 2018

Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Monday, February 26	40 %	45 mins late	1 hour, 15 mins late
Tuesday, February 27	34 %	40 mins late	1 hour, 1 min late
Wednesday, February 28	33 %	58 mins late	1 hour, 28 mins late
Thursday, March 1	34 %	47 mins late	1 hour, 11 mins late
Friday, March 2	29 %	2 hours, 27 mins late	3 hours, 25 mins late
Saturday, March 3	15 %	2 hours, 19 mins late	2 hours, 44 mins late
Sunday, March 4	34 %	59 mins late	1 hour, 29 mins late

Thirty-two percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending March 4, 2018. The remaining 68 percent, on average, arrived one hour and 49 minutes late.

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Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

• On-time arrival at final destination: 25 % . . ((Year to date = 55 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 3 hour, 18 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 6 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 4 hours, 24 mins late . (Year to date = 2 hours, 28 mins late)

California Zephyr

• On-time arrival at final destination: 23 % . . ((Year to date = 60 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 43 mins late . . ((Year to date = 42 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 57 mins late . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 45 mins late)

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 14 % . . ((Year to date = 20 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 32 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 12 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 48 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 30 mins late)

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: 40 % . . ((Year to date = 42 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 41 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 21 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 8 mins late .((Year to date = 2 hours, 19 mins late)

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: 8 % . . ((Year to date = 42 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 49 mins late . . ((Year to date = 24 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 54 mins late . . ((Year to date = 41 mins late)

City of New Orleans

• On-time arrival at final destination: 36 % . . ((Year to date = 24 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 24 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 7 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 11 mins late .(Year to date = 1 hour, 28 mins late)

Coast Starlight

• On-time arrival at final destination: 79 % . . ((Year to date = 53 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 13 mins late . . ((Year to date = 31 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 59 mins late . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 6 mins late)

Crescent

• On-time arrival at final destination: 8 % . . ((Year to date = 4 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 14 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 21 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 26 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 27 mins late)

Empire Builder

• On-time arrival at final destination: 13 % . . ((Year to date = 44 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hour, 16 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 26 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hour, 36 mins late .((Year to date = 2 hours, 34 mins late)

Lake Shore Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 % . . ((Year to date = 19 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 21 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 43 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 1 min late .((Year to date = 2 hours, 7 mins late)

Maple Leaf

• On-time arrival at final destination: 57 % . . ((Year to date = 42 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 12 mins late . . ((Year to date = 22 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 29 mins late . . ((Year to date = 38 mins late)

Palmetto

• On-time arrival at final destination: 8 % . . ((Year to date = 32 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 58 mins late . . ((Year to date = 34 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 2 mins late . ((Year to date = 50 mins late)

Silver Meteor

• On-time arrival at final destination: 46 % . . ((Year to date = 25 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 25 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 17 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 38 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 43 mins late)

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . ((Year to date = 14 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 5 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 48 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 5 mins late . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 6 mins late)

Southwest Chief

• On-time arrival at final destination: 86 % . . ((Year to date = 70 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 4 mins late . . ((Year to date = 25 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 26 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 21 mins late)

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 % . . ((Year to date = 36 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 41 mins late . . ((Year to date = 39 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 21 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour late)

Texas Eagle

• On-time arrival at final destination: 23 % . . ((Year to date = 35 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 12 mins late . . ((Year to date = 56 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 34 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 27 mins late)

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 25 % . . ((Year to date = 24 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 33 mins late . . ((Year to date = 39 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 44 mins late . . ((Year to date = 51 mins late)

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending March 4, 2018)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 32 % . . ((Year to date = 36 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 14 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 2 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 49 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 37 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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