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
.