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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending November 25, 2018

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, November 19

 31 %

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 1 hour, 34 mins late

 Tuesday, November 20

 20 %

 2 hours, 10 mins late

 2 hours, 43 mins late

 Wednesday, November 21

 25 %

 1 hour, 30 mins late

 2 hours, 1 min late

 Thursday, November 22

 37 %

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 1 hour, 57 mins late

 Friday, November 23

 51 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 Saturday, November 24

 43 %

 56 mins late

 1 hour, 38 mins late

 Sunday, November 25

 36 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 8 mins late

Thirty-five percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending November 25, 2018... The remaining 65 percent, on average, arrived one hour and 50 minutes late.

The City of New Orleans is currently the leader, year-to-date, with the best on-time percentage (62%), followed by Auto Train (59%) and Coast Starlight (51%). All other named long-distance trains, on average, arrived on time in fewer than 50 percent of their runs, year-to-date. The train with the lowest on-time percentage, year-to-date, is Crescent (3%).. Overall, year-to-date, named 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

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 November 25, 2018)

 

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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

 Week ending November 4

 35 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 Week ending November 11

 34 %

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 1 hour, 35 mins late

 Week ending November 18

 32 %

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 2 hours, 7 mins late

 Week ending November 25

 35 %

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 1 hour, 50 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 typically excluded from the survey.)

 

 

 

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