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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending April 4, 2021

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, March 29

25 %

1 hour, 22 mins late

 1 hour, 49 mins late

 Tuesday, March 30

55 %

49 mins late

 1 hour, 48 mins late

 Wednesday, March 31

43 %

 58 mins late

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 Thursday, April 1

23 %

 44 mins late

 57 mins late

 Friday, April 2

47 %

 31 mins late

 58 mins late

 Saturday, April 3

48 %

 25 mins late

 48 mins late

 Easter

57 %

 13 mins late

 31 mins late

Forty-two percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending April 4, 2021... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 15 minutes late.

Only 73 percent of the runs ordinarily included in this survey actually operated through from origin to destination this week. The remaining 27 percent were either truncated or did not operate at all. Only those trains that ran their full scheduled route are calculated in this survey.

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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 [Canadian portion of run suspended]

Palmetto

Silver Meteor

Silver Star

Southwest Chief

Sunset Limited

Texas Eagle

Vermonter [Vermont portion of run suspended]

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending April 4, 2021)

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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:

 Week ending . . .

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if 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

 July 19, 2020

 48 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 July 26, 2020

 39 %

 58 mins late

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 August 2, 2020

 45 %

 29 mins late

 53 mins late

 August 9, 2020

 55 %

 36 mins late

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 August 16, 2020

 49 %

 39 mins late

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 August 23, 2020

 58 %

 32 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 August 30, 2020

 53 %

 40 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 September 6, 2020

 46 %

 40 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 September 13, 2020

 55 %

 37 mins late

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 September 20, 2020

 59 %

 21 mins late

 50 mins late

 September 27, 2020

 55 %

 21 mins late

 47 mins late

 October 4, 2020

 56 %

 28 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 October 11, 2020

 53 %

 32 mins late

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 October 18, 2020

 50 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 October 25, 2020

 62 %

 21 mins late

 56 mins late

 November 1, 2020

 50 %

 31 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 November 8, 2020

 59 %

 28 mins late

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 November 15, 2020

 37 %

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 1 hour, 48 mins late

 November 22, 2020

 53 %

 45 mins late

 1 hour, 35 mins late

 November 29, 2020

 68 %

 21 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 December 6, 2020

 62 %

 20 mins late

 54 mins late

 December 13, 2020

 63 %

 27 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 December 20, 2020

 59 %

 27 mins late

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 December 27, 2020

 66 %

 29 mins late

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 January 3, 2021

 72 %

 14 mins late

 49 mins late

 January 10, 2021

 63 %

 26 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 January 17, 2021

 58 %

 30 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 January 24, 2021

 58 %

 24 mins late

 57 mins late

 January 31, 2021

 51 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 February 7, 2021

 53 %

 38 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 February 14, 2021

 42 %

 1 hour, 35 mins late

 2 hours, 44 mins late

 February 21, 2021

 42 %

 1 hour, 4 mins late

 1 hour, 51 mins late

 February 28, 2021

 46 %

 54 mins late

 1 hour, 40 mins late

 March 7, 2021

 47 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 19 mins late

 March 14, 2021

 46 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 March 21, 2021

 37 %

 55 mins late

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 March 28, 2021

 38 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 April 4, 2021

 42 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 15 mins late

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2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival

 Train

 Pct on-time arrival

 City of New Orleans

 82 %

 Carolinian

 70 %

 Texas Eagle

 65 %

 Empire Builder

 64 %

 Palmetto

 58 %

 Auto Train

 56 %

 California Zephyr

 55 %

 Coast Starlight

 54 %

 Silver Meteor

 50 %

 Cardinal

 37 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 36 %

 Silver Star

 36 %

 Southwest Chief

 36 %

 Capitol Limited

 16 %

 Sunset Limited

 16 %

 Crescent

 13 %

2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall avg arrival

 City of New Orleans

 12 mins late

 Carolinian

 17 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 29 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 30 mins late

 Palmetto

 32 mins late

 Empire Builder

 37 mins late

 Cardinal

 37 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 40 mins late

 Auto Train

 47 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 53 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 54 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 56 mins late

 California Zephyr

 1 hour, 1 min late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 48 mins late

2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival, Only When Late

 Train

 Avg arrival when late

 Carolinian

 55 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 59 mins late

 Cardinal

 59 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 Palmetto

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 43 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 1 hour, 43 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 46 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 55 mins late

 Silver Star

 2 hours, 1 min late

 Crescent

 2 hours, 4 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 15 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 '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 in an effort to bolster on-time reporting. Accordingly, these reports offer a more realistic analysis than what is routinely reported by Amtrak.

Data apply just to final destination, not to intermediate points. 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 final destination ahead of schedule.

Runs that are truncated, canceled, terminated en route, or reported with missing, incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.

 

 

 

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