Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending December 15, 2019
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
Monday, December 9 | 50 % |
40 mins late |
1 hour, 20 mins late |
Tuesday, December 10 | 53 % |
25 mins late |
53 mins late |
Wednesday, December 11 | 36 % |
45 mins late |
1 hour, 11 mins late |
Thursday, December 12 | 39 % |
53 mins late |
1 hour, 27 mins late |
Friday, December 13 | 41 % |
41 mins late |
1 hour, 9 mins late |
Saturday, December 14 | 47 % |
31 mins late |
58 mins late |
Sunday, December 15 | 42 % |
45 mins late |
1 hour, 18 mins late |
Forty-four percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending December 15, 2019... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 12 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 15, 2019)
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2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train
Pct On Time Arrival
City of New Orleans 78 %
Maple Leaf 59 %
Auto Train 52 %
Coast Starlight 45 %
Empire Builder 45 %
Vermonter 44 %
Carolinian 36 %
Cardinal 33 %
Silver Meteor 33 %
Palmetto 28 %
Lake Shore Limited 26 %
Southwest Chief 23 %
California Zephyr 20 %
Capitol Limited 18 %
Texas Eagle 18 %
Silver Star 16 %
Sunset Limited 12 %
Crescent 5 %
2019 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train
Overall Average Arrival
Maple Leaf 13 mins late
Vermonter 13 mins late
City of New Orleans 18 mins late
Carolinian 29 mins late
Palmetto 37 mins late
Auto Train 38 mins late
Coast Starlight 48 mins late
Silver Meteor 48 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 52 mins late
Cardinal 56 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 9 mins late
Capitol Limited 1 hour, 9 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 16 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 34 mins late
Southwest Chief 1 hour, 38 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 50 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 30 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 40 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 45 mins late
Palmetto 52 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 1 hour, 10 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 11 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 19 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 20 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 23 mins late
Capitol Limited 1 hour, 24 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 26 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 30 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 55 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 56 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 4 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 7 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 50 mins late
California Zephyr 3 hours, 21 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 originating station late, and no additional credit is given for trains that arrive at their destination in advance of schedule.
Runs 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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