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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending December 30, 2018

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, December 24

 47 %

 39 mins late

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 Christmas

 89 %

 4 mins late

 37 mins late

 Wednesday, December 26

 44 %

 35 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Thursday, December 27

 37 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Friday, December 28

 31 %

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 1 hour, 58 mins late

 Saturday, December 29

 35 %

  1 hour, 1 min late

 1 hour, 34 mins late

 Sunday, December 30

 36 %

  45 mins late

 1 hour, 10 mins late

Forty-six percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending December 30, 2018... The remaining 54 percent, on average, arrived one hour and 24 minutes late.

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This Week's 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 December 30, 2018)

 

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The City of New Orleans is currently the leader, year-to-date (with just one day remaining in the year), having the best on-time percentage (62%), followed by Auto Train (60%) and Coast Starlight (50%). 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 (4%). 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

 60 %

 Coast Starlight

 50 %

 Maple Leaf

 41 %

 California Zephyr

 39 %

 Empire Builder

 37 %

 Cardinal

 36 %

 Southwest Chief

 33 %

 Sunset Limited

 30 %

 Vermonter

 30 %

 Silver Meteor

 28 %

 Texas Eagle

 24 %

 Carolinian

 23 %

 Palmetto

 20 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 13 %

 Silver Star

 12 %

 Capitol Limited

 11 %

 Crescent

 4 %

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

 40 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 46 mins late

 Carolinian

 47 mins late

 Palmetto

 47 mins late

 Cardinal

 56 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 4 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 California Zephyr

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 19 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 34 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 1 hour, 41 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, 5 mins late

 Cardinal

  1 hour, 28 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 29 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, 45 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 46 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 48 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 51 mins late

 California Zephyr

 1 hour, 55 mins late

 Empire Builder

 2 hours, 5 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 25 mins late

 Crescent

 2 hours, 53 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 usually different.

 

(Trains that are truncated, annulled, terminated en route, or provided with incomplete or ambiguous data are typically disregarded in the survey.)

 

 

 

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