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Performance for week ending September 19, 2021

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, September 13

52 %

22 mins late

 46 mins late

 Tuesday, September 14

52 %

23 mins late

 48 mins late

 Wednesday, September 15

31 %

 59 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Thursday, September 16

29 %

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 1 hour, 49 mins late

 Friday, September 17

26 %

 1 hour, 2 mins late

1 hour, 23 mins late

 Saturday, September 18

47 %

 25 mins late

48 mins late

 Sunday, September 19

73 %

 17 mins late

 1 hour, 4 mins late

Forty-four percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending September 19, 2021... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 13 minutes late.

Only 86 percent of the runs ordinarily included in this survey actually operated through from origin to destination this week. The remaining 14 percent were either truncated or did not operate at all. 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

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending September 19, 2021)

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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:

 Week ending . . .

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if 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

 February 28, 2021

 46 %

 54 mins late

 1 hour, 40 mins late

 March 7, 2021

 47 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 19 mins late

 March 14, 2021

 46 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 March 21, 2021

 37 %

 55 mins late

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 March 28, 2021

 38 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 April 4, 2021

 42 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 April 11, 2021

 38 %

 46 mins late

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 April 18, 2021

 48 %

 31 mins late

 58 mins late

 April 25, 2021

 43 %

 40 mins late

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 May 2, 2021

 39 %

 45 mins late

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 May 9, 2021

 37 %

 1 hour, 47 mins late

 2 hours, 49 mins late

 May 16, 2021

 31 %

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 1 hour, 31 mins late

 May 23, 2021

 24 %

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 May 30, 2021

 33 %

 59 mins late

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 June 6, 2021

 43 %

 54 mins late

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 June 13, 2021

 38 %

 1 hour, 4 mins late

 1 hour, 43 mins late

 June 20, 2021

 37 %

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 1 hour, 49 mins late

 June 27, 2021

 43 %

 51 mins late

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 July 4, 2021

 36 %

 1 hour late

 1 hour, 34 mins late

 July 11, 2021

 40 %

 1 hour, 1 min late

 1 hour, 42 mins late

 July 18, 2021

 34 %

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 2 hours, 12 mins late

 July 25, 2021

 38 %

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 2 hours, 1 min late

 August 1, 2021

 37 %

 57 mins late

 1 hour, 30 min late

 August 8, 2021

 40 %

 39 mins late

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 August 15, 2021

 36 %

 59 mins late

 1 hour, 33 mins late

 August 22, 2021

 41 %

 39 mins late

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 August 29, 2021

 30 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 September 5, 2021

 36 %

 42 mins late

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 September 12, 2021

 40 %

 42 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 September 19, 2021

 44 %

 41 mins late

 1 hour, 13 mins late

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2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival

 Train

 Pct on-time arrival

 City of New Orleans

 88 %

 Empire Builder

 59 %

 Carolinian

 53 %

 Texas Eagle

 53 %

 Auto Train

 48 %

 Silver Meteor

 48 %

 Coast Starlight

 45 %

 Crescent

 37 %

 Cardinal

 35 %

 Silver Star

 33 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 30 %

 California Zephyr

 29 %

 Vermonter

 26 %

 Palmetto

 26 %

 Southwest Chief

 24 %

 Sunset Limited

 15 %

 Capitol Limited

 12 %

2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall avg arrival

 City of New Orleans

 9 mins late

 Carolinian

 20 mins late

 Vermonter

 21 mins late

 Empire Builder

 34 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 36 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 42 mins late

 Palmetto

 43 mins late

 Cardinal

 44 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 45 mins late

 Auto Train

 52 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 56 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 1 min late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 45 mins late

 California Zephyr

 1 hour, 54 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 2 mins late

2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival, Only When Late

 Train

 Avg arrival when late

 Vermonter

 29 mins late

 Carolinian

 43 mins late

 Palmetto

 57 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 59 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 34 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 39 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 2 hours, 17 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 24 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 41 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 '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 in an effort to bolster on-time reporting. Accordingly, these reports offer a more realistic analysis than what is routinely reported by Amtrak.

Data apply solely 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 final destination ahead of schedule.

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

 

 

 

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