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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for week ending February 21, 2021

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, February 15

32 %

1 hour, 58 mins late

 2 hours, 53 mins late

 Tuesday, February 16

11 %

2 hours, 3 mins late

 2 hours, 19 mins late

 Wednesday, February 17

50 %

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 2 hours, 44 mins late

 Thursday, February 18

30 %

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 1 hour, 55 mins late

 Friday, February 19

45 %

 27 mins late

 49 mins late

 Saturday, February 20

58 %

 15 mins late

 35 mins late

 Sunday, February 21

54 %

 21 mins late

 45 mins late

Forty-two percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending February 21, 2021... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 51 minutes late.

Only 63 percent of the runs ordinarily included in this survey actually operated through from origin to destination this week. The remaining 37 percent were either truncated or did not operate at all. Many of the schedued trains were annulled by winter weather. Only those trains that ran their full scheduled route are calculated in this survey.

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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 of run suspended]

Palmetto

Silver Meteor

Silver Star

Southwest Chief

Sunset Limited

Texas Eagle

Vermonter [Vermont portion of run suspended]

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending February 21, 2021)

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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:

 Week ending . . .

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if 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

 November 22, 2020

 53 %

 45 mins late

 1 hour, 35 mins late

 November 29, 2020

 68 %

 21 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 December 6, 2020

 62 %

 20 mins late

 54 mins late

 December 13, 2020

 63 %

 27 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 December 20, 2020

 59 %

 27 mins late

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 December 27, 2020

 66 %

 29 mins late

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 January 3, 2021

 72 %

 14 mins late

 49 mins late

 January 10, 2021

 63 %

 26 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 January 17, 2021

 58 %

 30 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 January 24, 2021

 58 %

 24 mins late

 57 mins late

 January 31, 2021

 51 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 February 7, 2021

 53 %

 38 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 February 14, 2021

 42 %

 1 hour, 35 mins late

 2 hours, 44 mins late

 February 21, 2021

 42 %

 1 hour, 4 mins late

 1 hour, 51 mins late

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ABOUT THESE REPORTS:

This survey tracks overall averages of daily performance.

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 schedule.

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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