Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending September 8, 2019
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| Monday, September 2 | 55 % |
25 mins late |
55 mins late |
| Tuesday, September 3 | 42 % |
29 mins late |
50 mins late |
| Wednesday, September 4 | 42 % |
38 mins late |
1 hour, 5 mins late |
| Thursday, September 5 | 42 % |
22 mins late |
37 mins late |
| Friday, September 6 | 21 % |
48 mins late |
1 hour late |
| Saturday, September 7 | 30 % |
52 mins late |
1 hour, 15 mins late |
| Sunday, September 8 | 43 % |
36 mins late |
1 hour, 4 mins late |
Thirty-nine percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending September 8, 2019... The remaining trains, on average, arrived 59 minutes late.
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This Week's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train (excludes runs canceled by hurricane)
California Zephyr
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian (excludes runs truncated by track work)
City of New Orleans
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder
Lake Shore Limited
Maple Leaf
Palmetto (excludes runs truncated by hurricane)
Silver Meteor (excludes runs canceled by hurricane)
Silver Star (excludes runs canceled by hurricane)
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending September 8, 2019)
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2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train
Pct On Time Arrival
City of New Orleans 72 %
Maple Leaf 61 %
Auto Train 55 %
Vermonter 48 %
Coast Starlight 41 %
Empire Builder 36 %
Carolinian 32 %
Cardinal 29 %
Lake Shore Limited 29 %
Silver Meteor 28 %
Palmetto 26 %
Southwest Chief 24 %
Capitol Limited 17 %
Texas Eagle 17 %
California Zephyr 14 %
Silver Star 12 %
Sunset Limited 10 %
Crescent 4 %
2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train
Overall Average Arrival
Maple Leaf 11 mins late
Vermonter 12 mins late
City of New Orleans 23 mins late
Carolinian 34 mins late
Auto Train 35 mins late
Palmetto 42 mins late
Coast Starlight 49 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 52 mins late
Silver Meteor 57 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 2 mins late
Capitol Limited 1 hour, 12 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 22 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 22 mins late
Southwest Chief 1 hour, 40 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 47 mins late
Crescent 2 hours, 4 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 38 mins late
California Zephyr 3 hours, 16 mins late
2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival if Late
Train
Average arrival if late
Vermonter 24 mins late
Maple Leaf 29 mins late
Carolinian 51 mins late
Palmetto 57 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 1 hour, 13 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 17 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 19 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 20 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 22 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 27 mins late
Capitol Limited 1 hour, 27 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 33 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 8 mins late
Texas Eagle 2 hours, 9 mins late
Crescent 2 hours, 9 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 12 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 55 mins late
California Zephyr 3 hours, 48 mins late
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.' Trains must arrive on time or earlier to be considered arriving 'on time.' The Bull Sheet considers that long-distance Amtrak 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. Also, they do not adjust for any time gained en route if the train left its orignating station late, and no additional credit is given for trains that arrive at their destination ahead of schedule (they are simply calculated as arriving on time).
Trains that are truncated, annulled, terminated en route, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.
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