Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for first six months of 2021
Forty-two percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the six-month period of January through June, 2021... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 32 minutes late.
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Monthly performance
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
January 2021 59 %
28 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
February 2021 46 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 56 mins late
March 2021 42 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
April 2021 42 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
May 2021 32 %
1 hour, 12 mins late
1 hour, 46 mins late
June 2021 39 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 37 mins late
Six-Month Period 42 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
2021 January-June Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train
Pct on-time arrival
City of New Orleans 85 %
Texas Eagle 60 %
Empire Builder 60 %
Carolinian 57 %
Auto Train 47 %
Coast Starlight 45 %
California Zephyr 41 %
Silver Meteor 40 %
Cardinal 39 %
Lake Shore Limited 37 %
Palmetto 30 %
Silver Star 26 %
Southwest Chief 25 %
Crescent 25 %
Sunset Limited 17 %
Capitol Limited 15 %
2021 January-June Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train
Overall avg arrival
City of New Orleans 10 mins late
Carolinian 20 mins late
Texas Eagle 34 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 37 mins late
Empire Builder 39 mins late
Cardinal 43 mins late
Palmetto 45 mins late
Silver Meteor 47 mins late
Coast Starlight 52 mins late
Auto Train 58 mins late
Capitol Limited 1 hour late
Silver Star 1 hour, 22 mins late
California Zephyr 1 hour, 24 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 25 mins late
Sunset Limited 1 hour, 37 mins late
Southwest Chief 1 hour, 41 mins late
2021 January-June Standings - Average Arrival if Late
Train
Avg arrival when late
Carolinian 46 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 1 hour late
Palmetto 1 hour, 5 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 8 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 11 mins late
Capitol Limited 1 hour, 11 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 17 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 26 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 33 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 36 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 48 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 51 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 54 mins late
Sunset Limited 1 hour, 58 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 14 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 23 mins late
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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.)
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