Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending May 3, 2020
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| Monday, April 27 | 80 % |
4 mins late |
21 mins late |
| Tuesday, April 28 | 71 % |
22 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
| Wednesday, April 29 | 68 % |
22 mins late |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
| Thursday, April 30 | 73 % |
24 mins late |
1 hour, 27 mins late |
| Friday, May 1 | 64 % |
24 mins late |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
| Saturday, May 2 | 65 % |
30 mins late |
1 hour, 25 mins late |
| Sunday, May 3 | 85 % |
3 mins late |
18 mins late |
Seventy-two percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending May 3, 2020... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and three minutes late.
Only 72 percent of the runs ordinarily included in the survey actually operated this week through from origin to destination. The remaining 28 percent were either truncated or failed to operate at all. Most of this omission is due to the conoravirus outbreak. Only those trains that ran their full scheduled route are calculated in this survey.
For 2020 year-to-date, 57 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 16 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 [cross-border traffic suspended]
Palmetto
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending May 3, 2020)
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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
March 15, 2020 55 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
March 22, 2020 52 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
March 29, 2020 55 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
April 5, 2020 63 %
22 mins late
1 hour, 1 min late
April 12, 2020 68 %
25 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
April 19, 2020 67 %
23 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
April 26, 2020 69 %
11 mins late
36 mins late
May 3, 2020 72 %
18 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
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2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train
Pct On Time Arrival
City of New Orleans 90 %
Maple Leaf 78 %
Empire Builder 68 %
Vermonter 67 %
Southwest Chief 66 %
Silver Star 65 %
Carolinian 64 %
Coast Starlight 64 %
California Zephyr 62 %
Silver Meteor 62 %
Auto Train 61 %
Cardinal 60 %
Lake Shore Limited 53 %
Capitol Limited 42 %
Palmetto 41 %
Texas Eagle 35 %
Sunset Limited 21 %
Crescent 14 %
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 6 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 16 mins late
Carolinian 18 mins late
Palmetto 20 mins late
Silver Star 21 mins late
Coast Starlight 21 mins late
Silver Meteor 24 mins late
Capitol Limited 27 mins late
Cardinal 31 mins late
Southwest Chief 33 mins late
Empire Builder 34 mins late
Auto Train 36 mins late
California Zephyr 46 mins late
Texas Eagle 56 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 49 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 6 mins late
2020 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival if Late
Train
Average arrival if late
Vermonter 12 mins late
Maple Leaf 14 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 34 mins late
Palmetto 35 mins late
Capitol Limited 46 mins late
Carolinian 48 mins late
Coast Starlight 59 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 1 min late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 2 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 5 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 17 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 25 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 31 mins late
Southwest Chief 1 hour, 37 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 47 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 1 min late
Crescent 2 hours, 7 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 39 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.' 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 stations. Also, they do not adjust for any time gained en route if the train left the originating station late and then gained time, 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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