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Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance

May 2016

For the month of May 2016, the Bull Sheet has calculated that 41 percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier.

The average arrival of all long-distance trains in the survey period was 38 minutes late.

The average arrival of only those trains that arrived behind schedule was one hour and six minutes late.

A train is considered late whenever it arrives at its final destination behind schedule, even if only by a minute. Sufficient padding is incorporated into long-distance train schedules to eliminate the need for grace allowances in showing a train arriving on time when it is actually nominally late.

Trains arriving ahead of schedule are shown 'on time,' with no extra credit given to offset late arrivals in other instances.

This survey was compiled by the Bull Sheet's statistical department comprehending actual performance as reported for each affected train on Amtrak's website.

Individual train performance over the course of the month of May 2016 was as follows:

 Train

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Auto Train

 24 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 California Zephyr

 73 %

 18 mins late

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 18 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 Cardinal

 42 %

 49 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Carolinian

 25 %

 32 mins late

 42 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 68 %

 17 mins late

 53 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 71 %

 20 mins late

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 Crescent

 35 %

 29 mins late

 46 mins late

 Empire Builder

 87 %

 6 mins late

 50 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 10 %

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 31 %

 29 mins late

 42 mins late

 Palmetto

 18 %

 30 mins late

 37 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 31 %

 46 mins late

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 Silver Star

 39 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 63 %

 44 mins late

 2 hours late

 Sunset Limited

 59 %

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 2 hours, 40 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 33 %

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 2 hours, 12 mins late

 Vermonter

 23 %

 34 mins late

 43 mins late