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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending June 28, 2020

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, June 22

66 %

17 mins late

 49 mins late

 Tuesday, June 23

48 %

26 mins late

 50 mins late

 Wednesday, June 24

52 %

 27 mins late

 57 mins late

 Thursday, June 25

37 %

 29 mins late

 46 mins late

 Friday, June 26

41 %

 59 mins late

 1 hour, 40 mins late

 Saturday, June 27

47 %

 52 mins late

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 Sunday, June 28

58 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 54 mins late

Fifty percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending June 28, 2020... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 13 minutes late.

Only 87 percent of the runs ordinarily included in this survey actually operated through from origin to desination this week. The remaining 13 percent were either truncated or did not operate at all. Only those trains that ran their full scheduled route are calculated in this survey.

For 2020, year-to-date, 58 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 13 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 June 28, 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

 May 10, 2020

 67 %

 19 mins late

 59 mins late

 May 17, 2020

 65 %

 20 mins late

 58 mins late

 May 24, 2020

 59 %

 22 mins late

 53 mins late

 May 31, 2020

 71 %

 16 mins late

 55 mins late

 June 7, 2020

 57 %

 26 mins late

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 June 14, 2020

 61 %

 31 mins late

 1 hour, 19 mins late

 June 21, 2020

 64 %

 21 mins late

 59 mins late

 June 28, 2020

 50 %

 37 mins late

 1 hour, 13 mins late

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

 Train

 Pct On Time Arrival

 City of New Orleans

 88 %

 Maple Leaf

 78 %

 Empire Builder

 69 %

 Coast Starlight

 68 %

 Southwest Chief

 68 %

 Vermonter

 67 %

 California Zephyr

 65 %

 Auto Train

 61 %

 Silver Meteor

 61 %

 Carolinian

 60 %

 Silver Star

 60 %

 Cardinal

 56 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 55 %

 Capitol Limited

 44 %

 Texas Eagle

 43 %

 Palmetto

 42 %

 Sunset Limited

  30 %

 Crescent

  25 %

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

 10 mins late

 Carolinian

 18 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 18 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 20 mins late

 Palmetto

 23 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 25 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 26 mins late

 Silver Star

 27 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 28 mins late

 Empire Builder

 29 mins late

 Auto Train

 30 mins late

 Cardinal

 37 mins late

 California Zephyr

 44 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 46 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 1 hour, 36 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

 39 mins late

 Palmetto

 40 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 45 mins late

 Carolinian

 46 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 19 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 34 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 45 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 5 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 17 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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