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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending April 7, 2019

Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Monday, April 1	39 %	1 hour, 2 mins late	1 hour, 43 mins late
Tuesday, April 2	48 %	55 mins late	1 hour, 46 mins late
Wednesday, April 3	36 %	1 hour late	1 hour, 34 mins late
Thursday, April 4	33 %	54 mins late	1 hour, 20 mins late
Friday, April 5	30 %	56 mins late	1 hour, 21 mins late
Saturday, April 6	30 %	1 hour, 12 mins late	1 hour, 43 mins late
Sunday, April 7	41 %	47 mins late	1 hour, 19 mins late

Thirty-seven percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending April 7, 2019... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 32 minutes late.

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This Week's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

• On-time arrival at final destination: 86 %. . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 3 mins late. . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 23 mins late .

California Zephyr (excludes trains truncated by flooding)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . .(
• Average arrival, all trains: 3 hours, 14 mins late . . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 14 mins late . .

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 14 % . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 53 mins late . .. (
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 1 min late .

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: 17 % . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 15 mins late . .. . (
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 30 mins late.(

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: 69 % . . .(
• Average arrival, all trains: 3 mins late. . (
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 11 mins late . .

City of New Orleans (all trains truncated by flooding)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %. . ( .
• Average arrival, all trains: all trains truncated by flooding by floding . . . . . (
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: all trains truncated by flooding . .

Coast Starlight

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 % . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 58 mins late. . .. .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 14 mins late ..

Crescent

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . .(
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 23 mins late. . (
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 23 mins late . . (

Empire Builder

• On-time arrival at final destination: 31 %. .
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 35 mins late. . .
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 18 mins late .(

Lake Shore Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 24 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 28 mins late. . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 36 mins late .(

Maple Leaf

• On-time arrival at final destination: 71 % . .
• Average arrival, all trains: 4 mins late. . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 14 mins late . . (

Palmetto (excludes trains truncated by trackwork)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 % . .(
• Average arrival, all trains: 12 mins late. . (
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 18 mins late . (

Silver Meteor

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 22 mins late. . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 44 mins late .(

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %.. .
• Average arrival, all trains: 31 mins late. (
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 43 mins late . . (

Southwest Chief

• On-time arrival at final destination: 46 % . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 29 mins late . .. (
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 54 mins late. . (

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %. . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 3 hours, 37 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 37 mins late . . (

Texas Eagle

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 56 mins late. . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 56 mins late .

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 86 % . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 14 mins late. . (

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending April 7, 2019)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 37 % . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(2019 year-to-date = 38 %). . . . . . . . . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 58 mins late . . . . . . . . .. . . .(2019 year-to date = 1 hour, 5 mins late) . . , , , ,(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 32 mins late . . . . .(2019 year-to-date = 1 hour, 46 mins late)

 

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2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival

Train	Pct On Time Arrival
Auto Train	73 %
Maple Leaf	72 %
Vermonter	69 %
City of New Orleans	68 %
Silver Meteor	44 %
Carolinian	43 %
Cardinal	39 %
Palmetto	38 %
Southwest Chief	38 %
Empire Builder	34 %
Lake Shore Limited	34 %
Coast Starlight	33 %
Capitol Limited	21 %
Texas Eagle	21 %
Silver Star	19 %
California Zephyr	16 %
Sunset Limited	12 %
Crescent	1 %

 

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. Data only apply to final destination, not to intermediate stops.

(Trains that are truncated, annulled, terminated en route, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.)

 

 

 

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