Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance
January 2015
For the month of January, 52 percent of Amtrak's long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier.
The average arrival of all long-distance trains surveyed during the month was 37 minutes late.
The average arrival only of those trains that arrived behind schedule was one hour and 18 minutes late.
A train was considered late whenever it arrived at its final destination behind schedule, even if it arrived just one minute late. Trains arriving ahead of schedule were shown 'on time,' with no extra credit given to offset late arrivals in other instances.
Individual train performance over the course of the month was as follows:
Train
Pct on time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Auto Train 65%
26 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
California Zephyr 65%
21 mins late
57 mins late
Capitol Limited 27%
53 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
Cardinal 48%
45 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
Carolinian 54%
25 mins late
54 mins late
City of New Orleans 52%
27 mins late
56 mins late
Coast Starlight 84%
9 mins late
58 mins late
Crescent 52%
29 mins late
1 hour, 1 min late
Empire Builder 54%
52 mins late
1 hour, 53 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 29%
1 hour, 45 mins late
2 hours, 29 mins late
Maple Leaf 52%
14 mins late
30 mins late
Palmetto 74%
9 mins late
36 mins late
Silver Meteor 53%
25 mins late
53 mins late
Silver Star 42%
54 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Southwest Chief 45%
46 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
Sunset Limited 72%
12 mins late
44 mins late
Texas Eagle 40%
49 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
Vermonter 56%
11 mins late
26 mins late