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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