Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending July 12, 2020
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
Monday, July 6 | 67 % |
37 mins late |
1 hour, 52 mins late |
Tuesday, July 7 | 66 % |
40 mins late |
1 hour, 55 mins late |
Wednesday, July 8 | 36 % |
1 hour late |
1 hour, 33 mins late |
Thursday, July 9 | 52 % |
24 mins late |
50 mins late |
Friday, July 10 | 59 % |
31 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
Saturday, July 11 | 50 % |
28 mins late |
56 mins late |
Sunday, July 12 | 37 % |
34 mins late |
53 mins late |
Fifty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending July 12, 2020... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 16 minutes late.
Only 83 percent of the runs ordinarily included in this survey actually operated through from origin to desination this week. The remaining 17 percent were either truncated or did not operate at all. Only those trains that ran their full scheduled route are calculated in this survey.
For 2020, year-to-date, 58 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 13 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 July 12, 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
April 12, 2020 68 %
25 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
April 19, 2020 67 %
23 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
April 26, 2020 69 %
11 mins late
36 mins late
May 3, 2020 72 %
18 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
May 10, 2020 67 %
19 mins late
59 mins late
May 17, 2020 65 %
20 mins late
58 mins late
May 24, 2020 59 %
22 mins late
53 mins late
May 31, 2020 71 %
16 mins late
55 mins late
June 7, 2020 57 %
26 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
June 14, 2020 61 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
June 21, 2020 64 %
21 mins late
59 mins late
June 28, 2020 50 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
July 5, 2020 55 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
July 12, 2020 53 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
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2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train
Pct On Time Arrival
City of New Orleans 89 %
Maple Leaf 78 %
Empire Builder 70 %
Coast Starlight 69 %
Vermonter 67 %
Southwest Chief 66 %
California Zephyr 64 %
Auto Train 63 %
Silver Meteor 60 %
Silver Star 58 %
Carolinian 57 %
Lake Shore Limited 56 %
Cardinal 55 %
Texas Eagle 45 %
Capitol Limited 42 %
Palmetto 41 %
Sunset Limited 30 %
Crescent 26 %
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 9 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 17 mins late
Coast Starlight 19 mins late
Carolinian 19 mins late
Capitol Limited 26 mins late
Palmetto 26 mins late
Silver Meteor 27 mins late
Empire Builder 28 mins late
Auto Train 28 mins late
Southwest Chief 31 mins late
Silver Star 31 mins late
Cardinal 37 mins late
California Zephyr 45 mins late
Texas Eagle 45 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 14 mins late
Sunset Limited 1 hour, 37 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 39 mins late
Palmetto 43 mins late
Carolinian 44 mins late
Capitol Limited 45 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 2 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 8 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 15 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 17 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 19 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 21 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 21 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 32 mins late
Southwest Chief 1 hour, 32 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 40 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 6 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 19 mins late
ABOUT THESE REPORTS:
This project tracks averages. Individual performance figures do not uniformly correspond with averages that develop over a broader period of time.
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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