Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for September 2019
Thirty-six percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in September 2019... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 16 minutes late.
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| Sunday, September 1 | 50 % |
35 mins late |
1 hour, 10 mins 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 |
| Monday, September 9 | 44 % |
52 mins late |
1 hour, 33 mins late |
| Tuesday, September 10 | 35 % |
48 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
| Wednesday, September 11 | 19 % |
49 mins late |
1 hour, 1 min late |
| Thursday, September 12 | 19 % |
1 hour, 7 mins late |
1 hour, 23 mins late |
| Friday, September 13 | 26 % |
1 hour, 3 mins late |
1 hour, 26 mins late |
| Saturday, September 14 | 59 % |
49 mins late |
2 hours, 1 min late |
| Sunday, September 15 | 50 % |
39 mins late |
1 hour, 17 mins late |
| Monday, September 16 | 50 % |
23 mins late |
47 mins late |
| Tuesday, September 17 | 42 % |
40 mins late |
1 hour, 9 mins late |
| Wednesday, September 18 | 32 % |
1 hour, 7 mins late |
1 hour, 39 mins late |
| Thursday, September 19 | 24 % |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
1 hour, 38 mins late |
| Friday, September 20 | 26 % |
52 mins late |
1 hour, 11 mins late |
| Saturday, September 21 | 30 % |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
1 hour, 38 mins late |
| Sunday, September 22 | 30 % |
51 mins late |
1 hour, 13 mins late |
| Monday, September 23 | 32 % |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
1 hour, 38 mins late |
| Tuesday, September 24 | 33 % |
45 mins late |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
| Wednesday, September 25 | 35 % |
48 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
| Thursday, September 26 | 21 % |
1 hour late |
1 hour, 16 mins late |
| Friday, September 27 | 26 % |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
1 hour, 39 mins late |
| Saturday, September 28 | 30 % |
55 mins late |
1 hour, 20 mins late |
| Sunday, September 29 | 42 % |
35 mins late |
1 hour, 1 min late |
| Monday, September 30 | 47 % |
34 mins late |
1 hour, 5 mins late |
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| This month | 36 % |
49 mins late |
1 hour, 16 mins late |
| Month of September 2018 | 29 % |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
1 hour, 33 mins late |
| Month of September 2017 | 34 % |
49 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
| Month of September 2016 | 38 % |
41 mins late |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
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September 2019 Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train
California Zephyr
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian
City of New Orleans
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder
Lake Shore Limited
Maple Leaf (excludes runs truncated by bridge work in Canada)
Palmetto
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, September 2019)
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2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train
Pct On Time Arrival
City of New Orleans 75 %
Maple Leaf 61 %
Auto Train 53 %
Vermonter 47 %
Coast Starlight 41 %
Empire Builder 38 %
Carolinian 32 %
Cardinal 30 %
Lake Shore Limited 28 %
Silver Meteor 28 %
Palmetto 27 %
Southwest Chief 23 %
Capitol Limited 17 %
Texas Eagle 17 %
California Zephyr 15 %
Silver Star 13 %
Sunset Limited 10 %
Crescent 4 %
2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train
Overall Average Arrival
Maple Leaf 11 mins late
Vermonter 13 mins late
City of New Orleans 20 mins late
Carolinian 33 mins late
Auto Train 34 mins late
Palmetto 40 mins late
Coast Starlight 50 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 51 mins late
Silver Meteor 55 mins late
Cardinal 59 mins late
Capitol Limited 1 hour, 12 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 19 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 21 mins late
Southwest Chief 1 hour, 39 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 44 mins late
Crescent 2 hours late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 36 mins late
California Zephyr 3 hours, 8 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 49 mins late
Palmetto 55 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 1 hour, 11 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 13 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 16 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 18 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 25 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 25 mins late
Capitol Limited 1 hour, 27 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 30 mins late
Crescent 2 hours, 5 mins late
Texas Eagle 2 hours, 6 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 10 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 10 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 54 mins late
California Zephyr 3 hours, 40 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.' 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.)
(Individual trains that are truncated, annulled, terminated en route, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.)
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