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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending December 31, 2017

Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Christmas Day	75 %	19 mins late	1 hour, 16 mins late
Tuesday, December 26	35 %	54 mins late	1 hour, 23 mins late
Wednesday, December 27	12 %	1 hour, 28 mins late	1 hour, 40 mins late
Thursday, December 28	15 %	1 hour, 41 mins late	1 hour, 59 mins late
Friday, December 29	16 %	1 hour, 50 mins late	2 hours, 11 mins late
Saturday, December 30	26 %	2 hours, 26 mins late	3 hours, 19 mins late
New Year's Eve	30 %	1 hour, 55 mins late	2 hours, 45 mins late

Thirty (30) percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending December 31, 2017. The remaining 70 percent, on average, arrived two hours and nine minutes late.

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Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

• On-time arrival at final destination: 79 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 16 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 14 mins late

California Zephyr

• On-time arrival at final destination: 14 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 59 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 19 mins late

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 15 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 3 hours late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 33 mins late

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: 17 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 39 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 58 mins late

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 24 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 48 mins late

City of New Orleans

• On-time arrival at final destination: 36 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 55 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 25 mins late

Coast Starlight

• On-time arrival at final destination: 43 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 45 mins late

Crescent

• On-time arrival at final destination: 14 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 46 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 4 mins late

Empire Builder

• On-time arrival at final destination: 18 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 34 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 7 mins late

Lake Shore Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 3 hours, 43 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 43 mins late

Maple Leaf

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 53 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 7 mins late

Palmetto

• On-time arrival at final destination: 23 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 30 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 39 mins late

Silver Meteor

• On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 24 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 58 mins late

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: 36 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 55 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 25 mins late

Southwest Chief

• On-time arrival at final destination: 57 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 33 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 17 mins late

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 67 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 22 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 7 mins late

Texas Eagle

• On-time arrival at final destination: 31 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 8 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 5 mins late

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 21 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 43 mins late

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending December 31, 2017)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 30 %
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 30 mins late
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 9 mins late

 

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ABOUT THESE REPORTS:

The Bull Sheet calculates arrival performance at final destination of Amtrak's named long-distance trains. The data are based upon the reported arrival times of each of the affected trains, and there is no grace allowance for minimal lateness. If a train arrives at its final destination behind schedule, even by a minute, it is considered 'late.' The Bull Sheet considers that long-distance trains have sufficient padding in their schedule to offset typical en route delays, and it is not necessary to apply a grace allowance on top of that padding to bolster on time reporting. Accordingly, these reports represent a more realistic analysis than what is typically reported by Amtrak. Trains annulled or reported as 'service disrupted' are not included in the data. Trains arriving at their final destination ahead of schedule are shown simply as arriving 'on time,' without a credit to the number of minutes they are early to offset other, past or future train delays.

 

 

 

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