Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for second half of 2019
. percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the six-month period of July through December 2019... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and . minutes late.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Monthly performance
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if 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
December 2019 43 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Six-Month Period 33 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
Second Half 2019 Performance of Individual Trains . . .
Train
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Auto Train 46 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
California Zephyr 27 %
1 hour, 58 mins late
2 hours, 40 mins late
Capitol Limited 18 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
Cardinal 36 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
Carolinian 37 %
24 mins late
39 mins late
City of New Orleans 83 %
11 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
Coast Starlight 52 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
Crescent 7 %
1 hour, 30 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
Empire Builder 50 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 20 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
Maple Leaf 47 %
20 mins late
38 mins late
Palmetto 27 %
38 mins late
52 mins late
Silver Meteor 31 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Silver Star 20 %
1 hour, 15 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
Southwest Chief 17 %
1 hour, 53 mins late
2 hours, 15 mins late
Sunset Limited 14 %
2 hours, 26 mins late
2 hours, 49 mins late
Texas Eagle 23 %
1 hour, 19 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
Vermonter 37 %
15 mins late
23 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 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.)
(Trains that are truncated, annulled, originated or terminated en route, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.)
.