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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending November 10, 2019

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, November 4

 35 %

 56 mins late

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 Tuesday, November 5

 52 %

 32 mins late

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 Wednesday, November 6

 44 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Thursday, November 7

 24 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Friday, November 8

 34 %

 35 mins late

 53 mins late

 Saturday, November 9

58 %

 33 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 Sunday, November 10

52 %

 31 mins late

 1 hour, 4 mins late

Forty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending November 10, 2019... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 10 minutes late.

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This Week's 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 (Canadian portion of route suspended due to trackwork)

Palmetto

Silver Meteor

Silver Star

Southwest Chief

Sunset Limited

Texas Eagle

Vermonter

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending November 10, 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

 50 %

 Vermonter

 44 %

 Coast Starlight

 43 %

 Empire Builder

 41 %

 Carolinian

 34 %

 Silver Meteor

 31 %

 Cardinal

 30 %

 Palmetto

 28 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 27 %

 Southwest Chief

 22 %

 California Zephyr

 17 %

 Texas Eagle

 17 %

 Capitol Limited

 16 %

 Silver Star

 15 %

 Sunset Limited

  10 %

 Crescent

  5 %

2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall Average Arrival

 Maple Leaf

 11 mins late

 Vermonter

 14 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 20 mins late

 Carolinian

 31 mins late

 Palmetto

 38 mins late

 Auto Train

 41 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 50 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 50 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 52 mins late

 Cardinal

 59 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 12 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 16 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 40 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 52 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 40 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 51 mins late

2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival if Late

 Train

 Average arrival if late

 Vermonter

 25 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 29 mins late

 Carolinian

 47 mins late

 Palmetto

 52 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 58 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 2 hours, 1 min late

 Empire Builder

 2 hours, 5 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 2 hours, 11 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 57 mins late

 California Zephyr

 3 hours, 26 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 routinely 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 the orignating station late, and no additional credit is given for trains that arrive at their destination ahead of schedule.

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

 

 

 

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