Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for August 2022
Twenty-six percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in August 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 39 minutes late.
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Monday, August 1 19 %
1 hour, 34 mins late
1 hour, 56 mins late
Tuesday, August 2 16 %
1 hour, 57 mins late
2 hours, 19 mins late
Wednesday, August 3 10 %
2 hours, 42 mins late
3 hours late
Thursday, August 4 10 %
1 hour, 59 mins late
2 hours, 12 mins late
Friday, August 5 10 %
2 hours, 8 mins late
2 hours, 23 mins late
Saturday, August 6 28 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
Sunday, August 7 27 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Monday, August 8 25 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
Tuesday, August 9 32 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Wednesday, August 10 22 %
1 hour, 46 mins late
2 hours, 16 mins late
Thursday, August 11 23 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
Friday, August 12 27 %
1 hour, 33 mins late
2 hours, 8 mins late
Saturday, August 13 27 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 38 mins late
Sunday, August 14 39 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Monday, August 15 32 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
Tuesday, August 16 33 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
Wednesday, August 17 31 %
1 hour, 12 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
Thursday, August 18 29 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
Friday, August 19 23 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Saturday, August 20 30 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Sunday, August 21 38 %
27 mins late
43 mins late
Monday, August 22 31 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
Tuesday, August 23 6 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Wednesday, August 24 34 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
Thursday, August 25 32 %
1 hour, 16 mins late
1 hour, 51 mins late
Friday, August 26 23 %
1 hour, 20 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
Saturday, August 27 18 %
1 hour, 19 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
Sunday, August 28 25 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Monday, August 29 25 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
Tuesday, August 30 29 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
Wednesday, August 31 42 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
Composite for Month 26 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Seven-year comparison for August . . .
7-year comparison |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
August 2016 | 33 % |
48 mins late |
1 hour, 12 mins late |
August 2017 | 26 % |
1 hour, 2 mins late |
1 hour, 24 mins late |
August 2018 | 21 % |
1 hour, 26 mins late |
1 hour, 50 mins late |
August 2019 | 25 % |
1 hour, 9 mins late |
1 hour, 32 mins late |
August 2020 | 54 % |
35 mins late |
1 hour, 17 mins late |
August 2021 | 37 % |
46 mins late |
1 hour, 13 mins late |
August 2022 | 26 % |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
1 hour, 39 mins late |
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This Month'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
Palmetto
Silver Meteor [temporarily suspended]
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, August 2022)
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Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
Silver Meteor | 59 % |
City of New Orleans | 52 % |
Empire Builder | 46 % |
Coast Starlight | 45 % |
Maple Leaf | 40 % |
Vermonter | 38 % |
Carolinian | 37 % |
Texas Eagle | 35 % |
Lake Shore Limited | 34 % |
Palmetto | 33 % |
Auto Train | 33 % |
Cardinal | 21 % |
Crescent | 19 % |
Capitol Limited | 18 % |
.Southwest Chief | 15 % |
Sunset Limited | 15 % |
California Zephyr | 11 % |
Silver Star | 11 % |
Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
Vermonter | 14 mins late |
Maple Leaf | 15 mins late |
Carolinian | 27 mins late |
Palmetto | 31 mins late |
City of New Orleans | 37 mins late |
Lake Shore Limited | 38 mins late |
Coast Starlight | 53 mins late |
Silver Meteor | 58 mins late |
Auto Train | 1 hour, 2 mins late |
Cardinal | 1 hour, 7 mins late |
Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 11 mins late |
Empire Builder | 1 hour, 11 mins late |
Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 13 mins late |
Crescent | 1 hour, 28 mins late |
Silver Star | 1 hour, 54 mins late |
Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 22 mins late |
Sunset Limited | 2 hours, 49 mins late |
California Zephyr | 3 hours, 24 mins late |
Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
Vermonter | 23 mins late |
Maple Leaf | 25 mins late |
Carolinian | 43 mins late |
Palmetto | 47 mins late |
Lake Shore Limited | 58 mins late |
City of New Orleans | 1 hour, 18 mins late |
Cardinal | 1 hour, 24 mins late |
Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 29 mins late |
Auto Train | 1 hour, 33 mins late |
Coast Starlight | 1 hour, 37 mins late |
Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 48 mins late |
Crescent | 1 hour, 50 mins late |
Silver Star | 2 hours, 8 mins late |
Empire Builder | 2 hours, 9 mins late |
Silver Meteor | 2 hours, 21 mins late |
Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 48 mins late |
Sunset Limited | 3 hours, 20 mins late |
California Zephyr | 3 hours, 50 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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