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