Amtrak's Long-Distance Train Performance
October 2017
For the month of October 2017, the Bull Sheet has calculated that 31 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 55 minutes late.
The average arrival of the 69 percent of trains that were behind schedule was one hour and 20 minutes late.
A train is considered late whenever it arrives at its final destination behind schedule, even 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. (Amtrak uses grace allowances in presenting its on-time data, which this survey does not.)
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 provided with insufficient data are typically excluded.
This survey was compiled by the Bull Sheet's statistical department comprehending actual performance as reported for each affected train as reported on Amtrak's website.
Individual train performance in the month of October 2017 was as follows:
Train
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Auto Train 58 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 48 mins late
California Zephyr 35 %
1 hour, 17 mins late
1 hour, 59 mins late
Capitol Limited 29 %
38 mins late
53 mins late
Cardinal 33 %
1 hour, 19 mins late
1 hour, 59 mins late
Carolinian 29 %
39 mins late
55 mins late
City of New Orleans 34 %
37 mins late
56 mins late
Coast Starlight 44 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
Crescent 2 %
2 hours, 12 mins late
2 hours, 15 mins late
Empire Builder 66 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 52 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 21 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
Maple Leaf 42 %
15 mins late
27 mins late
Palmetto 13 %
35 mins late
40 mins late
Silver Meteor 15 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Silver Star 12 %
1 hour, 33 mins late
1 hour, 45 mins late
Southwest Chief 65 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 58 mins late
Sunset Limited 25 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 38 mins late
Texas Eagle 20 %
1 hour, 16 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Vermonter 3 %
44 mins late
45 mins late
Daily Recap . . . . .
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Sunday, October 1 43 %
32 mins late
56 mins late
Monday, October 2 34 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Tuesday, October 3 18 %
41 mins late
51 mins late
Wednesday, October 4 37 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Thursday, October 5 41 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Friday, October 6 25 %
2 hours late
2 hours, 29 mins late
Saturday, October 7 33 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Sunday, October 8 37 %
37 mins late
58 mins late
Monday, October 9 33 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Tuesday, October 10 26 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
Wednesday, October 11 20 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Thursday, October 12 29 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Friday, October 13 25 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
Saturday, October 14 31 %
1 hour, 19 mins late
1 hour, 55 mins late
Sunday, October 15 30 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
Monday, October 16 24 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
Tuesday, October 17 21 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
Wednesday, October 18 15 %
1 hour, 21 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
Thursday, October 19 26 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 23 mins late
Friday, October 20 31 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Saturday, October 21 26 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
Sunday, October 22 31 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 29 mins late
Monday, October 23 39 %
28 mins late
47 mins late
Tuesday, October 24 35 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Wednesday, October 25 43 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Thursday, October 26 41 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Friday, October 27 24 %
36 mins late
47 mins late
Saturday, October 28 32 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 30 mins late
Sunday, October 29 52 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Monday, October 30 33 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
Tuesday, October 31 24 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
Composite for Month 31 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
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Month's Comparison, Last Year vs This Year:
Month
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
October 2016 38 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
October 2017 31 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
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Previous Monthly Recap, This Year
Month
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
January 2017 39 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
February 2017 40 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
March 2017 26 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
April 2017 31 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
May 2017 28 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
June 2017 20 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
July 2017 22 %
1 hour, 19 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
August 2017 26 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
September 2017 34 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late