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Performance for week ending November 15, 2020

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, November 9

55 %

44 mins late

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 Tuesday, November 10

38 %

39 mins late

 1 hour, 4 mins late

 Wednesday, November 11

24 %

 1 hour, 44 mins late

 2 hours, 16 mins late

 Thursday, November 12

21 %

 2 hours, 19 mins late

 2 hours, 56 mins late

 Friday, November 13

43 %

 36 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Saturday, November 14

33 %

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 1 hour, 49 mins late

 Sunday, November 15

43 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

Thirty-seven percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending November 15, 2020... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 48 minutes late.

This week set the record for the year 2020, so far, as the worst performing of any single week. The percentage of trains arriving on time was the lowest (by two percentage points), the overall average arrival was the worst (by 10 minutes), and the average arrival of the trains that were behind schedule was also the worst (by nine minutes).

Only 78 percent of the scheduled runs ordinarily included in this survey actually operated through from origin to destination during the week. The remaining 22 percent were either truncated or did not operate at all. Only those trains that completed their scheduled end-to-end run are calculated in this survey.

For 2020, year-to-date, 55 percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains have arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier. The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 15 minutes late. Overall average arrival is 33 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 [Canadian portion traffic suspended]

Palmetto

Silver Meteor

Silver Star

Southwest Chief

Sunset Limited

Texas Eagle

Vermonter [Vermont portion of run suspended]

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending November 15, 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

 July 5, 2020

 55 %

 32 mins late

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 July 12, 2020

 53 %

 36 mins late

 1 hour, 16 mins late

 July 19, 2020

 48 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 July 26, 2020

 39 %

 58 mins late

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 August 2, 2020

 45 %

 29 mins late

 53 mins late

 August 9, 2020

 55 %

 36 mins late

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 August 16, 2020

 49 %

 39 mins late

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 August 23, 2020

 58 %

 32 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 August 30, 2020

 53 %

 40 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 September 6, 2020

 46 %

 40 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 September 13, 2020

 55 %

 37 mins late

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 September 20, 2020

 59 %

 21 mins late

 50 mins late

 September 27, 2020

 55 %

 21 mins late

 47 mins late

 October 4, 2020

 56 %

 28 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 October 11, 2020

 53 %

 32 mins late

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 October 18, 2020

 50 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 October 25, 2020

 62 %

 21 mins late

 56 mins late

 November 1, 2020

 50 %

 31 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 November 8, 2020

 59 %

 28 mins late

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 November 15, 2020

 37 %

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 1 hour, 48 mins late

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

 Train

 Pct On Time Arrival

 City of New Orleans

 89 %

 Maple Leaf

 78 %

 Empire Builder

 68 %

 Coast Starlight

 67 %

 Vermonter

 67 %

 Auto Train

 64 %

 Southwest Chief

 61 %

 Carolinian

 60 %

 Silver Meteor

 57 %

 California Zephyr

 55 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 52 %

 Silver Star

 52 %

 Cardinal

 48 %

 Texas Eagle

 43 %

 Palmetto

 41 %

 Capitol Limited

 39 %

 Crescent

  29 %

 Sunset Limited

  26 %

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

 9 mins late

 Carolinian

 17 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 20 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 20 mins late

 Palmetto

 25 mins late

 Empire Builder

 28 mins late

 Auto Train

 30 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 30 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 30 mins late

 Silver Star

 36 mins late

 Cardinal

 36 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 44 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 48 mins late

 California Zephyr

 1 hour late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 4 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 1 hour, 35 mins late

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

 Train

 Average arrival if late

 Vermonter

 12 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 14 mins late

 Carolinian

 42 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 43 mins late

 Palmetto

 43 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 49 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 30 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 52 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 9 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 13 mins late

ABOUT THESE REPORTS:

This survey tracks overall averages. Daily performance figures do not uniformly correspond with averages that develop over a broader period of time.

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 '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 points. 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 ahead of scheduled time.

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

 

 

 

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