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Performance for week ending December 23, 2018

Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Monday, December 17	29 %	1 hour, 23 mins late	1 hour, 57 mins late
Tuesday, December 18	32 %	48 mins late	1 hour, 11 mins late
Wednesday, December 19	31 %	58 mins late	1 hour, 24 mins late
Thursday, December 20	17 %	1 hour, 7 mins late	1 hour, 21 mins late
Friday, December 21	17 %	1 hour, 46 mins late	2 hours, 8 mins late
Saturday, December 22	34 %	1 hour, 22 mins late	2 hours, 5 mins late
Sunday, December 23	29 %	52 mins late	1 hour, 13 mins late

Twenty-seven percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending December 23, 2018... The remaining 73 percent, on average, arrived one hour and 37 minutes late.

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This Week's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .

Auto Train

• On-time arrival at final destination: 57 %. . ((Year to date = 59 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 46 mins late. . .((Year to date = 41 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 47 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 41 mins late)

California Zephyr

• On-time arrival at final destination: 62 % . . .((Year to date = 39 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 15 mins late . . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 11 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 38 mins late . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 55 mins late)

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . ((Year to date = 10 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 43 mins late . .. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 37 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 43 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 48 mins late)

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 % . . ((Year to date = 36 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 43 mins late . .. . ((Year to date = 57 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 43 mins late.((Year to date = 1 hour, 29 mins late)

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: 15 % . . .((Year to date = 23 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 9 mins late. . ((Year to date = 47 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 22 mins late . . (Year to date = 1 hour, 1 min late)

City of New Orleans

• On-time arrival at final destination: 36 %. . ( .(Year to date = 62 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 10 mins late. . . . . . ((Year to date = 25 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 49 mins late . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 6 mins late)

Coast Starlight

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 % . . ((Year to date = 51 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 55 mins late. . .. .((Year to date = 45 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 9 mins late . ..(Year to date = 1 hour, 32 mins late)

Crescent

• On-time arrival at final destination: 7 % . . .((Year to date = 3 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 4 hours, 32 mins late. . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 47 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 4 hours, 53 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 52 mins late)

Empire Builder

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 %. . (Year to date = 36 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 19 mins late. . .(Year to date = 1 hour, 20 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 29 mins late .((Year to date = 2 hours, 6 mins late)

Lake Shore Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 24 %. . . ((Year to date = 13 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 22 mins late. . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 22 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 48 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 35 mins late)

Maple Leaf

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 % . . (Year to date = 40 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 6 mins late. . .((Year to date = 17 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 11 mins late . . ((Year to date = 28 mins late)

Palmetto

• On-time arrival at final destination: 7 % . .((Year to date = 20 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 49 mins late. . ((Year to date = 47 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 52 mins late . ((Year to date = 59 mins late)

Silver Meteor

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %. . . ((Year to date = 29 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 57 mins late. . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 4 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 57 mins late .((Year to date = 1 hour, 30 mins late)

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: 7 %.. . (Year to date = 12 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 20 mins late. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 34 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 30 mins late . . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 46 mins late)

Southwest Chief

• On-time arrival at final destination: 36 % . . ((Year to date = 33 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 1 min late . .. ((Year to date = 1 hour, 10 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 35 mins late. . ((Year to date = 1 hour, 44 mins late)

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 17 %. . ((Year to date = 31 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 24 mins late . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 42 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 41 mins late . . ((Year to date = 2 hours, 26 mins late)

Texas Eagle

• On-time arrival at final destination: 31 % . . ((Year to date = 24 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 37 mins late. . . .((Year to date = 1 hour, 26 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 53 mins late . (Year to date = 1 hour, 52 mins late)

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 64 % . . ((Year to date = 29 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 6 mins late . . .((Year to date = 25 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 18 mins late. . ((Year to date = 35 mins late)

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending December 23, 2018)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 27 % . . . . . . . . . . ((Year to date = 30 %)
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 11 mins late . . , , , ,((Year to date = 1 hour, 7 mins late)
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 37 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
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
Week ending December 2	25 %	1 hour, 9 mins late	1 hour, 32 mins late
Week ending December 9	38 %	56 mins late	1 hour, 31 mins late
Week ending December 16	39 %	56 mins late	1 hour, 32 mins late
Week ending December 23	27 %	1 hour, 11 mins late	1 hour, 37 mins late

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The City of New Orleans is currently the leader, year-to-date (with eight days remaining in the year), having the best on-time percentage (62%), followed by Auto Train (59%) and Coast Starlight (51%). All other named long-distance trains, on average, have arrived on time in fewer than 50 percent of their runs. The train with the lowest on-time percentage, year-to-date, is Crescent (3%). Train-by-train year-to-date standings are shown below.. Overall, year-to-date, named long-distance trains, on average, arrived at their final destination on-time 30 percent of the time.

 

Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival

Train	Pct On Time Arrival
City of New Orleans	62 %
Auto Train	59 %
Coast Starlight	51 %
Maple Leaf	40 %
California Zephyr	39 %
Cardinal	36 %
Empire Builder	36 %
Southwest Chief	33 %
Sunset Limited	31 %
Silver Meteor	29 %
Vermonter	29 %
Texas Eagle	24 %
Carolinian	23 %
Palmetto	20 %
Lake Shore Limited	13 %
Silver Star	12 %
Capitol Limited	10 %
Crescent	3 %

Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

Train	Overall Average Arrival
Maple Leaf	17 mins late
City of New Orleans	25 mins late
Vermonter	25 mins late
Auto Train	41 mins late
Coast Starlight	45 mins late
Carolinian	47 mins late
Palmetto	47 mins late
Cardinal	57 mins late
Silver Meteor	1 hour, 4 mins late
Southwest Chief	1 hour, 10 mins late
California Zephyr	1 hour, 11 mins late
Empire Builder	1 hour, 20 mins late
Lake Shore Limited	1 hour, 22 mins late
Texas Eagle	1 hour, 26 mins late
Silver Star	1 hour, 34 mins late
Capitol Limited	1 hour, 37 mins late
Sunset Limited	1 hour, 42 mins late
Crescent	2 hours, 47 mins late

Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival if Late

Train	Average arrival if late
Maple Leaf	28 mins late
Vermonter	35 mins late
Palmetto	59 mins late
Carolinian	1 hour, 1 min late
City of New Orleans	1 hour, 6 mins late
Cardinal	1 hour, 29 mins late
Silver Meteor	1 hour, 30 mins late
Coast Starlight	1 hour, 32 mins late
Lake Shore Limited	1 hour, 35 mins late
Auto Train	1 hour, 41 mins late
Southwest Chief	1 hour, 44 mins late
Silver Star	1 hour, 46 mins late
Capitol Limited	1 hour, 48 mins late
Texas Eagle	1 hour, 52 mins late
California Zephyr	1 hour, 55 mins late
Empire Builder	2 hours, 6 mins late
Sunset Limited	2 hours, 26 mins late
Crescent	2 hours, 52 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 routinely reported by Amtrak. Data apply only to destination; intermediate stops are often different.

 

(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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