Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for Second Half of 2020
Fifty-four percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the second half of 2020... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 14 minutes late.
Monthly performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| July 2020 | 47 % |
42 mins late |
1 hour, 20 mins late |
| August 2020 | 54 % |
35 mins late |
1 hour, 17 mins late |
| September 2020 | 52 % |
32 mins late |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
| .October 2020 | 55 % |
30 mins late |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
| November 2020 | 54 % |
39 mins late |
1 hour, 25 mins late |
| December 2020 | 64 % |
25 mins late |
1 hour, 10 mins late |
| Composite averages | 54 % |
34 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
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Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train
California Zephyr
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian
City of New Orleans
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder
Lake Shore Limited
Palmetto
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
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ABOUT THESE REPORTS:
This project tracks averages. Daily 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 scheduled time.
Runs that are truncated, annulled, terminated en route, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.
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