Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for March 2024
Forty-eight percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in March 2024... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 13 minutes late.
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Friday March 1 42 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 49 mins late
Saturday March 2 55 %
11 mins late
25 mins late
Sunday March 3 70 %
22 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Monday, March 4 59 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
Tuesday, March 5 70 %
16 mins late
54 mins late
Wednesday, March 6 53 %
17 mins late
36 mins late
Thursday March 7 48 %
31 mins late
1 hour late
Friday March 8 53 %
18 mins late
38 mins late
Saturday, March 9 66 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Sunday, March 10 62 %
23 mins late
59 mins late
Monday, March 11 47 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
Tuesday, March 12 54 %
22 mins late
48 mins late
Wednesday, March 13 47 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
Thursday, March 14 49 %
25 mins late
50 mins late
Friday, March 15 40 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
Saturday, March 16 31 %
1 hour, 10 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
Sunday, March 17 53 %
24 mins late
50 mins late
Monday, March 18 44 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Tuesday, March 19 37 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
Wednesday, March 20 47 %
30 mins late
56 mins late
Thursday, March 21 54 %
25 mins late
55 mins late
Friday, March 22 35 %
23 mins late
36 mins late
Saturday, March 23 30 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Sunday, March 24 31 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 38 mins late
Monday, March 25 36 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
Tuesday, March 26 40 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Wednesday, March 27 44 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Thursday, March 28 32 %
1 hour, 22 mins late
2 hours, 1 min late
Friday, March 29 53 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
Saturday, March 30 53 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
Sunday, March 31 65 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
Composite for Month 48 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 13 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
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, March 2024)
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Ten-year comparison for March . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
March 2015 34 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 30 mins late
March 2016 44 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
March 2017 26 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
March 2018 39 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
March 2019 34 %
1 hour, 21 mins late
2 hours, 2 mins late
March 2020 54 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
March 2021 42 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
March 2022 33 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
March 2023 38 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 39 mins late
March 2024 48 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
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Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 83 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 65 % |
| Texas Eagle | 65 % |
| Sunset Limited | 64 % |
| Capitol Limited | 60 % |
| Vermonter | 53 % |
| Auto Train | 52 % |
| Empire Builder | 49 % |
| Palmetto | 48 % |
| Coast Starlight | 46 % |
| Maple Leaf | 46 % |
| Crescent | 45 % |
| Silver Meteor | 45 % |
| Silver Star | 40 % |
| .California Zephyr | 35 % |
| Cardinal | 35 % |
| Carolinian | 32 % |
| Southwest Chief | 23 % |
Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| Maple Leaf | 11 mins late |
| Vermonter | 12 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 15 mins late |
| Palmetto | 19 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 20 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 23 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 25 mins late |
| Carolinian | 27 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 33 mins late |
| Auto Train | 35 mins late |
| Crescent | 36 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 40 mins late |
| Cardinal | 45 mins late |
| Silver Star | 47 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 48 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 59 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 41 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 42 mins late |
Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Avg arrival when late
Maple Leaf 20 mins late
Vermonter 26 mins late
Palmetto 36 mins late
Carolinian 40 mins late
Capitol Limited 49 mins late
Silver Meteor 59 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 5 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 7 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 9 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 1 hour, 10 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 14 mins late
.Silver Star 1 hour, 18 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 29 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 29 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 40 mins late
Sunset Limited 1 hour, 53 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 11 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 38 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 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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