Back Issues

 

Main Page

Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending January 7, 2018

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, January 1

 20 %

 2 hours, 28 mins late

 3 hours, 5 mins late

 Tuesday, January 2

 12 %

 1 hour, 57 mins late

 2 hours, 13 mins late

 Wednesday, January 3

 12 %

 2 hours, 23 mins late

 2 hours, 42 mins late

 Thursday, January 4

 13 %

 3 hours, 12 mins late

 3 hours, 40 mins late

 Friday, January 5

 20 %

 2 hours, 8 mins late

 2 hours, 40 mins late

 Saturday, January 6

 10 %

 2 hours, 1 min late

 2 hours, 14 mins late

 Sunday, January 7

 23 %

 2 hours, 20 mins late

 3 hours, 1 min late

The first week of the new year was not kind to Amtrak's named long-distance trains. Just 16 percent of the trains surveyed arrived at their final destination by the time they were due. Of the 84 percent of the trains that were not on time, their arrival, on average, was two hours and 48 minutes late. Bad weather (snow and frigid temperatures) throughout much of the nation contributed to the week's eccentric performance.

_ _ _ _

Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

California Zephyr

Capitol Limited

Cardinal

Carolinian

City of New Orleans

Coast Starlight

Crescent

Empire Builder

Lake Shore Limited

Maple Leaf

Palmetto

Silver Meteor

Silver Star

Southwest Chief

Sunset Limited

Texas Eagle

Vermonter

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending January 7, 2018)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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 generally represent a more accurate analysis than what is reported by Amtrak. About 6.5 percent of this week's scheduled trains were either annulled, truncated, reported as 'scheduled disrupted,' or unaccounted by arrival time at destination. These trains were not included in the survey.

_ _ _ _ _

 

2017 Overall Performance:

 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

 October 2017

 31 %

 55 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 November 2017

 33 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 12 mins late

 December 2017

 35 %

 1 hour late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 Composite for 2017

 30 %

 1 hour late

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 Composite for 2016

 40 %

 45 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 

 

 

.