Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending April 5, 2020
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| Monday, March 30 | 50 % |
29 mins late |
59 mins late |
| Tuesday, March 31 | 73 % |
25 mins late |
1 hour, 32 mins late |
| Wednesday, April 1 | 64 % |
30 mins late |
1 hour. 23 mins late |
| Thursday, April 2 | 56 % |
17 mins late |
39 mins late |
| Friday, April 3 | 58 % |
29 mins late |
1 hour, 7 mins late |
| Saturday, April 4 | 65 % |
13 mins late |
39 mins late |
| Sunday, April 5 | 79 % |
12 mins late |
57 mins late |
Sixty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending April 5, 2020... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and one minute late.
Only 70 percent of the runs that should ordinarily have been included in the survey this week actually operated through from origin to destination. The remaining 30 percent were either truncated or failed to operate at all. Much of this omission is due to the conoravirus outbreak. Only those trains that ran their full scheduled route are calculated in this survey.
For 2020 year-to-date, 54 percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier. The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 19 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 [cross-border traffic suspended]
Palmetto
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending April 5, 2020)
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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:
Week ending . . .
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
January 5, 2020 52 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
January 12, 2020 52 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
January 19, 2020 58 %
22 mins late
52 mins late
January 26, 2020 62 %
22 mins late
56 mins late
February 2, 2020 60 %
24 mins late
59 mins late
February 9, 2020 49 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
February 16, 2020 48 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
February 23, 2020 47 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
March 1, 2020 53 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
March 8, 2020 53 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
March 15, 2020 55 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
March 22, 2020 52 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
March 29, 2020 55 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
April 5, 2020 63 %
22 mins late
1 hour, 1 min late
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2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train
Pct On Time Arrival
City of New Orleans 90 %
Maple Leaf 78 %
Vermonter 67 %
Empire Builder 66 %
Carolinian 64 %
Silver Meteor 64 %
Southwest Chief 62 %
Auto Train 61 %
Coast Starlight 60 %
Silver Star 60 %
Cardinal 56 %
California Zephyr 55 %
Lake Shore Limited 47 %
Palmetto 40 %
Capitol Limited 35 %
Texas Eagle 23 %
Sunset Limited 16 %
Crescent 4 %
2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train
Overall Average Arrival
Maple Leaf 3 mins late
Vermonter 4 mins late
City of New Orleans 6 mins late
Carolinian 18 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 18 mins late
Silver Meteor 19 mins late
Coast Starlight 21 mins late
Palmetto 21 mins late
Silver Star 25 mins late
Capitol Limited 32 mins late
Cardinal 33 mins late
Southwest Chief 38 mins late
Auto Train 39 mins late
Empire Builder 44 mins late
California Zephyr 54 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 8 mins late
Crescent 2 hours, 9 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 34 mins late
2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival if Late
Train
Average arrival if late
Vermonter 12 mins late
Maple Leaf 14 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 35 mins late
Palmetto 35 mins late
Carolinian 48 mins late
Capitol Limited 49 mins late
Coast Starlight 53 mins late
Silver Meteor 54 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 3 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 5 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 14 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 27 mins late
Southwest Chief 1 hour, 40 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 40 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 11 mins late
Crescent 2 hours, 14 mins late
Sunset Limited 3 hours, 2 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 stations. Also, they do not adjust for any time gained en route if the train left the originating station late and then gained time, 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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