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Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance

April 2018

For the month of April 2018, the Bull Sheet has calculated that 37 percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier. (This is an improvement from the same month last year, when the on time percentage was 31 percent.)

The average arrival of all long-distance trains in the survey period was 47 minutes late. (Last year it was 52 minutes late.)

The average arrival of the 63 percent of trains that were behind schedule was one hour and 15 minutes late. (Average arrival last year was one hour and 16 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 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. Data only apply to arrival at final destination; average arrivals at intermediate stations may differ.

Individual train performance over the course of April 2018 was as follows:

 Train

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Auto Train

 57 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 California Zephyr

 63 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 50 min late

 Capitol Limited

 18 %

 44 mins late

 54 mins late

 Cardinal

 58 %

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 2 hours, 26 mins late

 Carolinian

 14 %

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 1 hour, 12 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 47 %

 21 mins late

 40 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 75 %

 6 mins late

 24 mins late

 Crescent

 2 %

 2 hours, 38 mins late

 2 hours, 41 mins late

 Empire Builder

 58 %

 37 mins late

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 17 %

 47 mins late

 56 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 40 %

 15 mins late

 25 mins late

 Palmetto

 21 %

 42 mins late

 53 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 42 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 Silver Star

 15 %

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 50 %

 28 mins late

 56 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 52 %

 54 mins late

 1 hour, 53 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 35 %

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 1 hour, 43 mins late

 Vermonter

 34 %

 17 mins late

 26 mins late

 

Daily Recap, April 2018 . . . . .

 Date

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Sunday, April 1

 65 %

 44 mins late

 2 hours, 5 mins late

 Monday, April 2

 42 %

 20 mins late

 34 mins late

 Tuesday, April 3

 38 %

 40 mins late

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 Wednesday, April 4

 23 %

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 1 hour, 30 mins late

 Thursday, April 5

 34 %

 52 mins late

 1 hour, 19 mins late

 Friday, April 6

 32 %

 59 mins late

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 Saturday, April 7

 34 %

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 1 hour, 52 mins late

 Sunday, April 8

 29 %

 1 hour, 16 mins late

 1 hour, 48 mins late

 Monday, April 9

 36 %

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 1 hour, 47 mins late

 Tuesday, April 10

 43 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 Wednesday, April 11

 50 %

 31 mins late

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 Thursday, April 12

 31 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour late

 Friday, April 13

 31 %

 51 mins late

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 Saturday, April 14

 30 %

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 1 hour, 50 mins late

 Sunday, April 15

 45 %

 36 mins late

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 Monday, April 16

 29 %

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 2 hours, 7 mins late

 Tuesday, April 17

 32 %

 40 mins late

 59 mins late

 Wednesday, April 18

 22 %

 55 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 Thursday, April 19

 31 %

 57 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Friday, April 20

 22 %

 1 hour late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 Saturday, April 21

 43 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 Sunday, April 22

 52 %

 26 mins late

 53 mins late

 Monday, April 23

 44 %

 35 mins late

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 Tuesday, April 24

 29 %

 58 mins late

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 Wednesday, April 25

 39 %

 30 mins late

 48 mins late

 Thursday, April 26

 29 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 1 min late

 Friday, April 27

 33 %

 35 mins late

 52 mins late

 Saturday, April 28

 44 %

 25 mins late

 45 mins late

 Sunday, April 29

 47 %

 24 mins late

 45 mins late

 Monday, April 30

 56 %

 11 mins late

 25 mins late

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 .

 Composite for April 2018

 37 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 15 mins late

April Comparison - 2017 and 2016:

 April 2017

  31 %

 52 mins late

 1 hour, 16 mins late

 April 2016

  44 %

 36 mins late

 1 hour, 4 mins late