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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending April 1, 2018

Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Monday, March 26	45 %	44 mins late	1 hour, 21 mins late
Tuesday, March 27	32 %	55 mins late	1 hour, 21 mins late
Wednesday, March 28	44 %	54 mins late	1 hour, 36 mins late
Thursday, March 29	32 %	1 hour, 7 mins late	1 hour, 38 mins late
Friday, March 30	45 %	38 mins late	1 hour, 9 mins late
Saturday, March 31	52 %	44 mins late	1 hour, 31 mins late
Easter	65 %	44 mins late	2 hours, 5 mins late

Forty-six percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending April 1, 2018. The remaining 54 percent, on average, arrived one hour and 30 minutes late.

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Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

• On-time arrival at final destination: 75 %. . ((Year to date = 59 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 49 mins late . . .((Year to date = 54 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 14 mins late . (Year to date = 2 hours, 11 mins late)

California Zephyr

• On-time arrival at final destination: 57 % . . .((Year to date = 55 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 50 mins late . . ((Year to date = 49 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 57 mins late . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 49 mins late)

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 43 % . . ((Year to date = 23 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 28 mins late . .. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 5 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 48 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 25 mins late)

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 % . . ((Year to date = 38 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 10 mins late. . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 17 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 16 mins late .((Year to date = 2 hours, 4 mins late)

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: 38 %. . .((Year to date = 40 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 46 mins late . . ((Year to date = 30 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 13 mins late . . ((Year to date = 50 mins late)

City of New Orleans

• On-time arrival at final destination: Insufficient data *. . ((Year to date = 25 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: Insufficient data *. . . . . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 3 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: Insufficient data * . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 25 mins late)

Coast Starlight

• On-time arrival at final destination: 64 % . . ((Year to date = 58 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 14 mins late . . .((Year to date = 33 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 26 mins late . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 20 mins late)

Crescent

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . .((Year to date = 3 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 3 hours, 21 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 27 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 21 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 31 mins late)

Empire Builder

• On-time arrival at final destination: 67 %. . ((Year to date = 51 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 21 mins late. . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 7 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 2 mins late .((Year to date = 2 hours, 16 mins late)

Lake Shore Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 35 %. . ((Year to date = 23 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 30 mins late. . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 26 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 46 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 51 mins late)

Maple Leaf

• On-time arrival at final destination: 57 % . . ((Year to date = 50 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 11 mins late. . .((Year to date = 18 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 26 mins late . . ((Year to date = 35 mins late)

Palmetto

• On-time arrival at final destination: 20 %. . .((Year to date = 29 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 30 mins late . . ((Year to date = 41 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 37 mins late . ((Year to date = 57 mins late)

Silver Meteor

• On-time arrival at final destination: 67 %. . ((Year to date = 31 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 20 mins late . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 9 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 1 min late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 39 mins late)

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: 14 %. .. (Year to date = 13 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 32 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 49 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 47 mins late. . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 5 mins late)

Southwest Chief

• On-time arrival at final destination: 79 % . . ((Year to date = 65 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 17 mins late . .. ((Year to date = 27 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 17 mins late. . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 17 mins late)

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %. . ((Year to date = 42 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 59 mins late . . .((Year to date = 47 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 57 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 20 mins late)

Texas Eagle

• On-time arrival at final destination: 23 % . . ((Year to date = 34 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 33 mins late. . .((Year to date = 52 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 42 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 20 mins late)

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 43 % . . ((Year to date = 26 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 7 mins late . . .((Year to date = 32 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 13 mins late. . ((Year to date = 44 mins late)

* City of New Orleans was truncated all but one run throughout the week due to flooding south of Jackson, Mississippi

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending April 1, 2018)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 46 % . . ((Year to date = 37 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 49 mins late . . .((Year to date = 1 hour late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 30 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 34 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 routinely excluded from the survey.)

 

 

 

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