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Performance for week ending January 19, 2020

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, January 13

 68 %

 15 mins late

 45 mins late

 Tuesday, January 14

 66 %

 15 mins late

 44 mins late

 Wednesday, January 15

 58 %

 20 mins late

 47 mins late

 Thursday, January 16

 52 %

 21 mins late

 44 mins late

 Friday, January 17

 47 %

 24 mins late

 45 mins late

 Saturday, January 18

53 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 Sunday, January 19

63 %

 16 mins late

 43 mins late

Fifty-eight percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending January 19, 2020... The remaining trains, on average, arrived 52 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 January 19, 2020)

 

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Overall Monthly Performance Last Year (2019)

 Monthly performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 January 2019

 43 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 February 2019

 39 %

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 1 hour, 59 mins late

 March 2019

 34 %

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 2 hours, 2 mins late

 April 2019

 37 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 May 2019

 27 %

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 1 hour, 33 mins late

 June 2019

 21 %

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 1 hour, 47 mins late

 July 2019

 18 %

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 1 hour, 58 mins late

 August 2019

 25 %

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 September 2019

 36 %

 49 mins late

 1 hour, 16 mins late

 October 2019

 32 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 November 2019

 42 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 December 2019

 43 %

 39 mins late

 1 hour, 9 mins late

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Final 2019 Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival

 Train

 Pct On Time Arrival

 City of New Orleans

 78 %

 Maple Leaf

 59 %

 Auto Train

 53 %

 Empire Builder

 45 %

 Coast Starlight

 44 %

 Vermonter

 44 %

 Carolinian

 37 %

 Cardinal

 33 %

 Silver Meteor

 32 %

 Palmetto

 29 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 26 %

 Southwest Chief

 23 %

 California Zephyr

 22 %

 Texas Eagle

 19 %

 Capitol Limited

 18 %

 Silver Star

 17 %

 Sunset Limited

  13 %

 Crescent

  5 %

Final 2019 Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall Average Arrival

 Maple Leaf

 13 mins late

 Vermonter

 13 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 17 mins late

 Carolinian

 28 mins late

 Palmetto

 36 mins late

 Auto Train

 41 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 47 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 49 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 51 mins late

 Cardinal

 57 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 35 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 49 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 28 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 34 mins late

Final 2019 Standings - Average Arrival if Late

 Train

 Average arrival if late

 Vermonter

 24 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 31 mins late

 Carolinian

 44 mins late

 Palmetto

 51 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 16 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 30 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 54 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 56 mins late

 Empire Builder

 2 hours, 2 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 2 hours, 4 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 50 mins late

 California Zephyr

 3 hours, 17 mins late

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Comparative Overall Full-Year Performance, Previous Four Years

 Annual Performance

 Pct On-Time Arrival

 Overall Avg Arrival

 Avg Arrival if Late

 2019

 33 %

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 1 hour, 34 mins late

 2018

 31 %

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 2017

 30 %

 1 hour late

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 2016

 40 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

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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.' Trains must arrive on time, or earlier, to be considered arriving 'on time.' The Bull Sheet considers that long-distance Amtrak 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 only apply to final destination, not to intermediate stops. Also, they do not adjust for any time gained en route if the train left the originating station late, and no additional credit is given for trains that arrive at their destination in advance of schedule.

Runs that are truncated, annulled, terminated en route, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.