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Performance for week ending December 1, 2019

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, November 25

 39 %

 25 mins late

 41 mins late

 Tuesday, November 26

 31 %

 33 mins late

 47 mins late

 Wednesday, November 27

 28 %

 56 mins late

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 Thursday, November 28

 49 %

 30 mins late

 58 mins late

 Friday, November 29

 54 %

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 2 hours, 22 mins late

 Saturday, November 30

37 %

 58 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 Sunday, December 1

25 %

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 1 hour, 23 mins late

Thirty-eight percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending December 1, 2019... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 15 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

Palmetto

Silver Meteor

Silver Star

Southwest Chief

Sunset Limited

Texas Eagle

Vermonter

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending December 1, 2019)

 

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

 Train

 Pct On Time Arrival

 City of New Orleans

 76 %

 Maple Leaf

 60 %

 Auto Train

 52 %

 Coast Starlight

 44 %

 Empire Builder

 44 %

 Vermonter

 43 %

 Carolinian

 35 %

 Cardinal

 33 %

 Silver Meteor

 31 %

 Palmetto

 28 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 27 %

 Southwest Chief

 22 %

 California Zephyr

 18 %

 Capitol Limited

 18 %

 Texas Eagle

 18 %

 Silver Star

 15 %

 Sunset Limited

  10 %

 Crescent

  5 %

2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall Average Arrival

 Maple Leaf

 13 mins late

 Vermonter

 14 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 19 mins late

 Carolinian

 30 mins late

 Palmetto

 37 mins late

 Auto Train

 39 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 49 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 49 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 52 mins late

 Cardinal

 57 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 16 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 51 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 35 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 45 mins late

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

 Train

 Average arrival if late

 Vermonter

 24 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 31 mins late

 Carolinian

 46 mins late

 Palmetto

 51 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 12 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 30 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 57 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 57 mins late

 Empire Builder

 2 hours, 5 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 2 hours, 9 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 53 mins late

 California Zephyr

 3 hours, 22 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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Monthly Performance So Far This Year

 Monthly performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 January 2019

 43 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 February 2019

 39 %

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 1 hour, 59 mins late

 March 2019

 34 %

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 2 hours, 2 mins late

 April 2019

 37 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 May 2019

 27 %

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 1 hour, 33 mins late

 June 2019

 21 %

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 1 hour, 47 mins late

 July 2019

 18 %

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 1 hour, 58 mins late

 August 2019

 25 %

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 September 2019

 36 %

 49 mins late

 1 hour, 16 mins late

 October 2019

 32 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 November 2019

 42 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 

 

 

 

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