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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending September 16, 2018

Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Monday, September 10	31 %	42 mins late	1 hour, 1 min late
Tuesday, September 11	24 %	1 hour, 5 mins late	1 hour, 26 mins late
Wednesday, September 12	38 %	1 hour, 6 mins late	1 hour, 45 mins late
Thursday, September 13	32 %	38 mins late	55 mins late
Friday, September 14	38 %	40 mins late	1 hour, 4 mins late
Saturday, September 15	18 %	1 hour late	1 hour, 14 mins late
Sunday, September 16	18 %	51 mins late	1 hour, 2 mins late

Twenty-nine percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending September 16, 2018... The remaining 71 percent, on average, arrived one hour and 14 minutes late.

The week's data were somewhat distorted due to hurricane Florence, as a number of trains were annulled or truncated. Only trains operating from scheduled origin to destination are included in this weekly survey.

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Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

• On-time arrival at final destination: [insufficient data]. . ((Year to date = 55 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: [insufficient data] . . .((Year to date = 47 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: [insufficient data] . (Year to date = 1 hour, 46 mins late)

California Zephyr

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 % . . .((Year to date = 39 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 56 mins late . . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 13 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 11 mins late . .(Year to date = 2 hours late)

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . ((Year to date = 12 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 8 mins late . .. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 30 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 8 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 43 mins late)

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: [insufficient data] . . ((Year to date = 37 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: [insufficient data]. . .. . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 2 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: [insufficient data] .((Year to date = 1 hour, 39 mins late)

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: [no data] . . .((Year to date = 23 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: [no data] . . ((Year to date = 49 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: [no data] . . (Year to date = 1 hour, 4 mins late)

City of New Orleans

• On-time arrival at final destination: 93 %. . ( .(Year to date = 55 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 0 mins late. . . . . . ((Year to date = 30 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 mins late . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 7 mins late)

Coast Starlight

• On-time arrival at final destination: 40 % . . ((Year to date = 52 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour late. . .. .((Year to date = 46 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 40 mins late . ..(Year to date = 1 hour, 35 mins late)

Crescent

• On-time arrival at final destination: [insufficient data] . . .((Year to date = 3 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: [insufficient data] . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 43 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: [insufficient data] . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 48 mins late)

Empire Builder

• On-time arrival at final destination: 48 %. . (Year to date = 33 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 32 mins late. . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 37 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 2 mins late .((Year to date = 2 hours, 24 mins late)

Lake Shore Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 10 %. . . ((Year to date = 13 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 38 mins late. . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 22 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 42 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 34 mins late)

Maple Leaf

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 % . . (Year to date = 38 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 20 mins late. . .((Year to date = 18 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 26 mins late . . ((Year to date = 29 mins late)

Palmetto

• On-time arrival at final destination: [insufficient data]. . .((Year to date = 16 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: [insufficient data] . . ((Year to date = 52 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: [insufficient data] . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 2 mins late)

Silver Meteor

• On-time arrival at final destination: [insufficient data]. . . ((Year to date = 26 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: [insufficient data] . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 10 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: [insufficient data] .((Year to date = 1 hour, 35 mins late)

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: [insufficient data]. .. . (Year to date = 11 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: [insufficient data] . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 36 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: [insufficient data]. . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 49 mins late)

Southwest Chief

• On-time arrival at final destination: 14 % . . ((Year to date = 37 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 24 mins late . .. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 10 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 39 mins late. . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 52 mins late)

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 17 %. . ((Year to date = 34 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 14 mins late . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 30 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 41 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 16 mins late)

Texas Eagle

• On-time arrival at final destination: 7 % . . ((Year to date = 27 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 54 mins late. . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 18 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 3 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 48 mins late)

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 40 % . . ((Year to date = 26 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 10 mins late . . .((Year to date = 28 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 17 mins late. . ((Year to date = 38 mins late)

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending September 16, 2018)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 29 % . . . . . . . . . . ((Year to date = 29 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 52 mins late . . , , , ,((Year to date = 1 hour, 9 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 14 mins late ..((Year to date = 1 hour, 38 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 provided with incomplete or ambiguous data are generally excluded from the survey.)

 

 

 

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