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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending January 21, 2024

Thirty-five percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending January 21, 2024... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 41 minutes late.

Just 74 percent of scheduled runs included in this survey operated through from origin to destination this week. Sixty-five of the scheduled 250 runs (26 %) were either canceled or truncated. Issues for most of those trains were from snow and ice storms (but the Crescent was truncated on eight of 14 trips due to planned track maintenance). Only those trains that actually operated their through end-to-end route are included in the presented data.

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This Week's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

• On-time arrival at final destination: 64 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 10 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 27 mins late .

California Zephyr (7 of 14 runs canceled or truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 6 hours, 59 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 6 hours, 59 mins late .

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 4 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 30 mins late .

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 26 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 26 mins late .

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 42 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 58 mins late .

City of New Orleans (4 of 14 runs canceled or truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 35 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 10 mins late .

Coast Starlight (8 of 14 runs canceled or truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 20 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 40 mins late .

Crescent (8 of 14 runs truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: . %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: . mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: . mins late .

Empire Builder (all runs canceled)

• On-time arrival at final destination: (no data). . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: (no data) . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: (no data).

Lake Shore Limited (4 of 21 runs canceled or truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 18 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 39 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 13 mins late .

Maple Leaf (2 of 14 runs canceled or truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 12 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 18 mins late .

Palmetto

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 29 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 58 mins late .

Silver Meteor (2 of 14 runs canceled or truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 58 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 26 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 3 mins late .

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: 43 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 41 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 12 mins late .

Southwest Chief (4 of 14 runs canceled or truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 9 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 9 mins late .

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 67 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 15 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 46 mins late .

Texas Eagle (5 of 14 runs canceled or truncated)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 34 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 21 mins late .

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 17 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 24 mins late .

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, Week Ending January 21, 2024)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 35 % . . . . . (avg year-to-date = 52 %). . . . . . . . . . . . . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 7 mins late . . . . . . (avg year-to-date = 42 mins late). .. . . . .. . , , , ,(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 41 mins late . . . . (avg year-to-date = 1 hour, 28 mins late).

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Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Monday, January 15	33 %	1 hour, 45 mins late	2 hours, 37 mins late
Tuesday, January 16	29 %	1 hour, 21 mins late	1 hour, 54 mins late
Wednesday, January 17	22 %	1 hour, 28 mins late	1 hour, 53 mins late
Thursday, January 18	33 %	1 hour, 13 mins late	1 hour, 50 mins late
Friday, January 19	19 %	1 hour late	1 hour, 14 mins late
Saturday, January 20	40 %	42 mins late	1 hour, 11 mins late
Sunday, January 21	61 %	37 mins late	1 hour, 37 mins late

 

MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:

Week ending . . .	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
January 22, 2023	52 %	49 mins late	1 hour, 43 mins late
January 29, 2023	50 %	49 mins late	1 hour, 37 mins late
February 5, 2023	39 %	1 hour, 6 mins late	1 hour, 49 mins late
February 12, 2023	51 %	45 mins late	1 hour, 32 mins late
February 19, 2023	45 %	33 mins late	1 hour late
February 26, 2023	44 %	1 hour late	1 hour, 46 mins late
March 5, 2023	36 %	59 mins late	1 hour, 33 mins late
March 12, 2023	44 %	59 mins late	1 hour, 45 mins late
March 19, 2023	45 %	58 mins late	1 hour, 45 mins late
March 26, 2023	32 %	1 hour, 20 mins late	1 hour, 57 mins late
April 2, 2023	31 %	1 hour, 2 mins late	1 hour, 31 mins late
April 9, 2023	37 %	48 mins late	1 hour, 16 mins late
April 16, 2023	39 %	53 mins late	1 hour, 27 mins late
April 23, 2023	42 %	42 mins late	1 hour, 12 mins late
April 30, 2023	43 %	41 mins late	1 hour, 12 mins late
May 7, 2023	40 %	53 mins late	1 hour, 28 mins late
May 14, 2023	41 %	1 hour, 3 mins late	1 hour, 47 mins late
May 21, 2023	42 %	54 mins late	1 hour, 32 mins late
May 28, 2023	47 %	35 mins late	1 hour, 7 mins late
June 4, 2023	44 %	39 mins late	1 hour, 10 mins late
June 11, 2023	33 %	52 mins late	1 hour, 17 mins late
June 18, 2023	38 %	59 mins late	1 hour, 36 mins late
June 25, 2023	34 %	50 mins late	1 hour, 17 mins late
July 2, 2023	29 %	57 mins late	1 hour, 21 mins late
July 9, 2023	36 %	1 hour, 4 mins late	1 hour, 40 mins late
July 16, 2023	35 %	1 hour, 5 mins late	1 hour, 40 mins late
July 23, 2023	34 %	1 hour, 19 mins late	2 hours late
July 30, 2023	25 %	1 hour, 29 mins late	1 hour, 59 mins late
August 6, 2023	32 %	1 hour, 14 mins late	1 hour, 48 mins late
August 13, 2023	30 %	1 hour, 7 mins late	1 hour, 36 mins late
August 20, 2023	33 %	1 hour, 7 mins late	1 hour, 40 mins late
August 27, 2023	38 %	44 mins late	1 hour, 10 mins late
September 3, 2023	38 %	50 mins late	1 hour, 22 mins late
September 10, 2023	42 %	48 mins late	1 hour, 23 mins late
September 17, 2023	40 %	38 mins late	1 hour, 5 mins late
September 24, 2023	49 %	39 mins late	1 hour, 17 mins late
October 1, 2023	47 %	48 mins late	1 hour, 29 mins late
October 8, 2023	55 %	35 mins late	1 hour, 16 mins late
October 15, 2023	51 %	41 mins late	1 hour, 24 mins late
October 22, 2023	47 %	36 mins late	1 hour, 7 mins late
October 29, 2023	47 %	42 mins late	1 hour, 19 mins late
November 5, 2023 *	45 %	38 mins late	1 hour, 9 mins late
November 12, 2023 *	48 %	31 mins late	1 hour late
November 19, 2023	42 %	31 mins late	53 mins late
November 26, 2023	55 %	22 mins late	48 mins late
December 3, 2023	47 %	38 mins late	1 hour, 11 mins late
December 10, 2023	56 %	23 mins late	52 mins late
December 17, 2023	56 %	23 mins late	54 mins late
December 24, 2023	51 %	30 mins late	1 hour, 2 mins late
December 31, 2023	62 %	22 mins late	57 mins late
January 7, 2024	70 %	13 mins late	44 mins late
January 14, 2024	60 %	32 mins late	1 hour, 19 mins late
January 21, 2024	35 %	1 hour, 7 mins late	1 hour, 41 mins late

* shortened weeks of data

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

Train	Pct on-time arrival
Silver Meteor	74 %
City of New Orleans	68 %
Sunset Limited	67 %
Capitol Limited	60 %
Empire Builder	59 %
Palmetto	57 %
Lake Shore Limited	56 %
Auto Train	55 %
Silver Star	55 %
Texas Eagle	54 %
Coast Starlight	50 %
Carolinian	48 %
Crescent	45 %
California Zephyr	44 %
.Vermonter	43 %
Maple Leaf	37 %
Southwest Chief	31 %
Cardinal	28 %

Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

Train	Overall avg arrival
Silver Meteor	11 mins late
Auto Train	17 mins late
Crescent	17 mins late
Maple Leaf	17 mins late
Carolinian	20 mins late
Vermonter	25 mins late
Silver Star	27 mins late
City of New Orleans	34 mins late
Capitol Limited	34 mins late
Palmetto	36 mins late
Texas Eagle	36 mins late
Sunset Limited	39 mins late
Coast Starlight	44 mins late
Lake Shore Limited	56 mins late
Cardinal	57 mins late
Southwest Chief	1 hour, 27 mins late
Empire Builder	1 hour, 31 mins late
California Zephyr	2 hours, 44 mins late

Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late

Train	Avg arrival when late
Maple Leaf	27 mins late
Crescent	32 mins late
Auto Train	37 mins late
Carolinian	39 mins late
Palmetto	39 mins late
Vermonter	43 mins late
Silver Meteor	44 mins late
Silver Star	59 mins late
Cardinal	1 hour, 18 mins late
Texas Eagle	1 hour, 19 mins late
Capitol Limited	1 hour, 24 mins late
.Coast Starlight	1 hour, 29 mins late
City of New Orleans	1 hour, 49 mins late
Sunset Limited	1 hour, 57 mins late
Southwest Chief	2 hours, 6 mins late
Lake Shore Limied	2 hours, 7 mins late
Empire Builder	3 hours, 43 mins late
California Zephyr	4 hours, 16 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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