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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending March 8, 2020

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, March 2

50 %

 15 mins late

 30 mins late

 Tuesday, March 3

62 %

 28 mins late

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 Wednesday, March 4

36 %

 50 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 Thursday, March 5

54 %

 52 mins late

 1 hour, 55 mins late

 Friday, March 6

49 %

 31 mins late

 1 hour late

 Saturday, March 7

68 %

 15 mins late

 47 mins late

 Sunday, March 8

56 %

 36 mins late

 1 hour, 21 mins late

Fifty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending March 8, 2020... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and nine minutes late.

For 2020 year-to-date, 54 percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier. The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 17 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 March 8, 2020)

 

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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.

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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:

 Week ending . . .

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 January 5, 2020

 52 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 January 12, 2020

 52 %

 40 mins late

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 January 19, 2020

 58 %

 22 mins late

 52 mins late

 January 26, 2020

 62 %

 22 mins late

 56 mins late

 February 2, 2020

 60 %

 24 mins late

 59 mins late

 February 9, 2020

 49 %

 51 mins late

 1 hour, 39 mins late

 February 16, 2020

 48 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 30 mins late

 February 23, 2020

 47 %

 46 mins late

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 March 1, 2020

 53 %

 33 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 March 8, 2020

 53 %

 32 mins late

 1 hour, 9 mins late

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2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival

 Train

 Pct On Time Arrival

 City of New Orleans

 91 %

 Maple Leaf

 77 %

 Silver Meteor

 67 %

 Southwest Chief

 65 %

 Empire Builder

 64 %

 Vermonter

 63 %

 Auto Train

 61 %

 Coast Starlight

 60 %

 California Zephyr

 57 %

 Carolinian

 57 %

 Silver Star

 55 %

 Cardinal

 51 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 44 %

 Palmetto

 39 %

 Capitol Limited

 32 %

 Texas Eagle

 22 %

 Sunset Limited

  18 %

 Crescent

  4 %

2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall Average Arrival

 Maple Leaf

 3 mins late

 Vermonter

 4 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 5 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 18 mins late

 Palmetto

 20 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 21 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 21 mins late

 Carolinian

 22 mins late

 Silver Star

 32 mins late

 Cardinal

 32 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 33 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 35 mins late

 Auto Train

 42 mins late

 Empire Builder

 52 mins late

 California Zephyr

 53 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Crescent

 2 hours, 16 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 27 mins late

2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival if Late

 Train

 Average arrival if late

 Vermonter

 10 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 14 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 33 mins late

 Palmetto

 33 mins late

 Carolinian

 51 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 52 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 52 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 55 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 4 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 35 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 48 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 3 mins late

 Crescent

 2 hours, 21 mins late

 Empire Builder

 2 hours, 25 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 3 hours late

 

 

 

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