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Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance

February 2017

For the month of February 2017, the Bull Sheet has calculated that 40 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 50 minutes late.

The average arrival of the 60 percent of trains that were behind schedule was one hour and 24 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 other arrivals that are late. Trains that are canceled, truncated, referred by Amtrak as 'service disrupted,' or given unreliable data are typically excluded.

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 February 2017 was as follows:

 Train

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Auto Train

 38 %

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 2 hours, 27 mins late

 California Zephyr

 19 %

 3 hours, 30 mins late

 4 hours, 21 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 38 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 Cardinal

 58 %

 25 mins late

 1 hour late

 Carolinian

 28 %

 28 mins late

 38 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 68 %

 11 mins late

 34 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 30 %

 1 hour, 50 mins late

 2 hours, 36 mins late

 Crescent

 30 %

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 1 hour, 34 mins late

 Empire Builder

 23 %

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 33 %

 38 mins late

 57 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 63 %

 12 mins late

 33 mins late

 Palmetto

 21 %

 41 mins late

 52 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 34 %

 55 mins late

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Silver Star

 35 %

 56 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 84 %

 5 mins late

 29 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 39 %

 49 mins late

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 55 %

 24 mins late

 55 mins late

 Vermonter

 20 %

 38 mins late

 48 mins late

 

Daily Recap, February 2017 . . . . .

 Date

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Wednesday, February 1

 42 %

 42 mins late

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 Thursday, February 2

 44 %

 30 mins late

 53 mins late

 Friday, February 3

 41 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 Saturday, February 4

 35 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 Sunday, February 5

 51 %

 22 mins late

 46 mins late

 Monday, February 6

 53 %

 28 mins late

 1 hour, 1 min late

 Tuesday, February 7

 38 %

 1 hour late

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 Wednesday, February 8

 31 %

 39 mins late

 57 mins late

 Thursday, February 9

 14 %

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 1 hour, 53 mins late

 Friday, February 10

 23 %

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 1 hour, 53 mins late

 Saturday, February 11

 63 %

 32 mins late

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 Sunday, February 12

 47 %

 34 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Monday, February 13

 53 %

 39 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Tuesday, February 14

 40 %

 35 mins late

 58 mins late

 Wednesday, February 15

 50 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 Thursday, February 16

 36 %

 59 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 Friday, February 17

 34 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Saturday, February 18

 38 %

 1 hour late

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 Sunday, February 19

 66 %

 22 mins late

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 Monday, February 20

 53 %

 38 mins late

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 Tuesday, February 21

 42 %

 50 mins late

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 Wednesday, February 22

 48 %

 42 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 Thursday, February 23

 28 %

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 2 hours late

 Friday, February 24

 17 %

 1 hour, 43 mins late

 2 hours, 4 mins late

 Saturday, February 25

 29 %

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 1 hour, 44 mins late

 Sunday, February 26

 47 %

 45 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Monday, February 27

 29 %

 45 mins late

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 Tuesday, January 28

 34 %

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 1 hour, 40 mins late

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 Composite for February

 40 %

 50 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

February Comparison With Previous Two Years:

 February 2016

  50 %

 34 mins late

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 February 2015

  38 %

 1 hour, 1 min late

 1 hour, 40 mins late