Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for month of December 2023
Fifty-six percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in December 2023... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour 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
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, December 2023)
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Eight-year comparison for December . . .
8-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
December 2016 35 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
December 2017 35 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 32 mins late
December 2018 37 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
December 2019 43 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
December 2020 64 %
25 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
December 2021 37 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 34 mins late
December 2022 48 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
December 2023 56 %
27 mins late
1 hour late
8--year average 43 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 79 % |
| Auto Train | 62 % |
| Capitol Limited | 57 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 49 % |
| Coast Starlight | 48 % |
| Texas Eagle | 47 % |
| Empire Builder | 42 % |
| Palmetto | 40 % |
| Silver Meteor | 40 % |
| Silver Star | 39 % |
| Sunset Limited | 39 % |
| Maple Leaf | 38 % |
| Vermonter | 35 % |
| Carolinian | 34 % |
| .Crescent | 33 % |
| Cardinal | 31 % |
| Southwest Chief | 26 % |
| California Zephyr | 21 % |
Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 20 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 20 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 21 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 24 mins late |
| Auto Train | 28 mins late |
| Palmetto | 30 mins late |
| Vermonter | 30 mins late |
| Carolinian | 33 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 40 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 49 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 50 mins late |
| Cardinal | 51 mins late |
| Silver Star | 52 mins late |
| Crescent | 56 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 1 hour, 9 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 13 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 39 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 2 hours, 34 mins late |
Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Avg arrival when late
Maple Leaf 31 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 46 mins late
Vermonter 46 mins late
Capitol Limited 48 mins late
Palmetto 49 mins late
Carolinian 50 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 8 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 14 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 15 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 24 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 26 mins late
.Texas Eagle 1 hour, 33 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 36 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 39 mins late
Sunset Limited 1 hour, 54 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 5 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 13 mins late
California Zephyr 3 hours, 13 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.' 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 adopt 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. Moreover, no consideration is given to the impact of late departures from originating points impacting subsequent late arrivals at destination, or for any time advanced during that run. Again, calculations refer solely to arrival at final terminal.
Data apply only 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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