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Performance for week ending October 28, 2018

Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Monday, October 22	36 %	37 mins late	58 mins late
Tuesday, October 23	34 %	29 mins late	45 mins late
Wednesday, October 24	51 %	30 mins late	1 hour, 2 mins late
Thursday, October 25	43 %	28 mins late	49 mins late
Friday, October 26	28 %	53 mins late	1 hour, 14 mins late
Saturday, October 27	38 %	46 mins late	1 hour, 15 mins late
Sunday, October 28	35 %	31 mins late	48 mins late

Thirty-eight percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending October 28, 2018... The remaining 62 percent, on average, arrived 59 minutes late.

The City of New Orleans is now the leader, year-to-date, with the best on-time percentage (59%), followed by Auto Train (57%) and Coast Starlight (52%). All other named long-distance trains arrived, on average, less than 50 percent on-time. The train with the lowest on-time percentage, year-to-date, is Crescent (3%).. Overall, year-to-date, long-distance trains, on average, arrived at their final destination on-time 30 percent of the time.

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Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

• On-time arrival at final destination: 86 %. . ((Year to date = 57 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 5 mins late. . .((Year to date = 44 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 32 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 42 mins late)

California Zephyr

• On-time arrival at final destination: 31 % . . .((Year to date = 39 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 20 mins late . . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 15 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 56 mins late . .(Year to date = 2 hours late)

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 7 % . . ((Year to date = 12 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 29 mins late . .. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 31 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 36 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 43 mins late)

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 % . . ((Year to date = 40 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 12 mins late . .. . ((Year to date = 58 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 48 mins late.((Year to date = 1 hour, 37 mins late)

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: 36 % . . .((Year to date = 24 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 31 mins late. . ((Year to date = 47 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 48 mins late . . (Year to date = 1 hour, 2 mins late)

City of New Orleans

• On-time arrival at final destination: 93 %. . ( .(Year to date = 59 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 mins late. . . . . . ((Year to date = 27 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 25 mins late . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 7 mins late)

Coast Starlight

• On-time arrival at final destination: 64 % . . ((Year to date = 52 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 8 mins late. . .. .((Year to date = 44 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 23 mins late . ..(Year to date = 1 hour, 32 mins late)

Crescent

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . .((Year to date = 3 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 58 mins late. . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 33 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 58 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 38 mins late)

Empire Builder

• On-time arrival at final destination: 45 %. . (Year to date = 32 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 33 mins late. . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 31 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour late .((Year to date = 2 hours, 13 mins late)

Lake Shore Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 24 %. . . ((Year to date = 13 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 50 mins late. . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 19 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 5 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 30 mins late)

Maple Leaf

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 % . . (Year to date = 38 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 7 mins late. . .((Year to date = 18 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 15 mins late . . ((Year to date = 29 mins late)

Palmetto

• On-time arrival at final destination: 43 % . .((Year to date = 19 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 17 mins late. . ((Year to date = 49 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 30 mins late . ((Year to date = 1 hour late)

Silver Meteor

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %. . . ((Year to date = 28 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 22 mins late. . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 4 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 45 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 30 mins late)

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %.. . (Year to date = 12 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 45 mins late. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 32 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 58 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 45 mins late)

Southwest Chief

• On-time arrival at final destination: 14 % . . ((Year to date = 35 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 56 mins late . .. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 10 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 6 mins late. . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 48 mins late)

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 17 %. . ((Year to date = 32 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 7 mins late . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 38 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 20 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 24 mins late)

Texas Eagle

• On-time arrival at final destination: 9 % . . ((Year to date = 25 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 42 mins late. . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 25 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 46 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 53 mins late)

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 43 % . . ((Year to date = 26 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 9 mins late . . .((Year to date = 27 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 16 mins late. . ((Year to date = 36 mins late)

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending October 28, 2018)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 38 % . . . . . . . . . . ((Year to date = 30 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 36 mins late . . , , , ,((Year to date = 1 hour, 7 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 59 mins late ((Year to date = 1 hour, 36 mins late)

 

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Recent weekly performance

Weekly performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Week ending June 24	14 %	1 hour, 37 mins late	1 hour, 54 mins late
Week ending July 1	11 %	1 hour, 40 mins late	1 hour, 52 mins late
Week ending July 8	19 %	1 hour, 32 mins late	1 hour, 53 mins late
Week ending July 15	26 %	1 hour, 27 mins late	1 hour, 57 mins late
Week ending July 22	20 %	1 hour, 30 mins late	1 hour, 53 mins late
Week ending July 29	16 %	1 hour, 44 mins late	2 hours, 3 mins late
Week ending August 5	14 %	1 hour, 53 mins late	2 hours, 12 mins late
Week ending August 12	15 %	1 hour, 44 mins late	2 hours, 2 mins late
Week ending August 19	22 %	1 hour, 24 mins late	1 hour, 47 mins late
Week ending August 26	30 %	52 mins late	1 hour, 14 mins late
Week ending September 2	29 %	1 hour, 13 mins late	1 hour, 43 mins late
Week ending September 9	28 %	1 hour, 15 mins late	1 hour, 45 mins late
Week ending September 16	29 %	52 mins late	1 hour, 14 mins late
Week ending September 23	27 %	1 hour, 14 mins late	1 hour, 42 mins late
Week ending September 30	29 %	56 mins late	1 hour, 20 mins late
Week ending October 7	32 %	51 mins late	1 hour, 14 mins late
Week ending October 14	33 %	58 mins late	1 hour, 27 mins late
Week ending October 21	31 %	51 mins late	1 hour, 14 mins late
Week ending October 28	38 %	36 mins late	59 mins late

 

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 terminal 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 offer a more realistic analysis than what is reported by Amtrak.

(Trains that are truncated, annulled, terminated en route, or provided with incomplete or ambiguous data are generally excluded from the survey.)

 

 

 

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