Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending December 5, 2021
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| Monday, November 29 | 41 % |
48 mins late |
1 hour, 22 mins late |
| Tuesday, November 30 | 61 % |
22 mins late |
57 mins late |
| Wednesday, December 1 | 44 % |
28 mins late |
50 mins late |
| Thursday, December 2 | 50 % |
42 mins late |
1 hour, 25 mins late |
| Friday, December 3 | 40 % |
37 mins late |
1 hour, 1 min late |
| Saturday, December 4 | 50 % |
34 mins late |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
| Sunday, December 5 | 42 % |
41 mins late |
1 hour, 11 mins late |
Forty-seven percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending December 5, 2021... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and eight minutes late.
Only 93 percent of the runs ordinarily included in this survey actually operated through from origin to destination this week. The remaining trains 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 December 5, 2021)
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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:
Week ending . . .
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if 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
September 26, 2021 47 %
32 mins late
1 hour late
October 3, 2021 44 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
October 10, 2021 41 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
October 17, 2021 44 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
October 24, 2021 36 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
October 31, 2021 34 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 51 mins late
November 7, 2021 47 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
November 14, 2021 48 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
November 21, 2021 34 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
November 28, 2021 39 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
December 5, 2021 47 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
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2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 87 % |
| Empire Builder | 56 % |
| Carolinian | 53 % |
| Texas Eagle | 52 % |
| Coast Starlight | 49 % |
| Silver Meteor | 46 % |
| Auto Train | 45 % |
| Cardinal | 36 % |
| Crescent | 36 % |
| Silver Star | 35 % |
| Vermonter | 33 % |
| California Zephyr | 32 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 32 % |
| Palmetto | 29 % |
| Southwest Chief | 28 % |
| Sunset Limited | 18 % |
| Capitol Limited | 12 % |
2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 10 mins late |
| Vermonter | 16 mins late |
| Carolinian | 20 mins late |
| Palmetto | 35 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 37 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 37 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 38 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 42 mins late |
| Cardinal | 43 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 51 mins late |
| Silver Star | 57 mins late |
| Crescent | 59 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour late |
| Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 13 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 32 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 42 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 1 hour, 52 mins late |
2021 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival, Only When Late
Train |
Avg arrival when late |
| Vermonter | 24 mins late |
| Carolinian | 42 mins late |
| Palmetto | 50 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 56 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 7 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 1 hour, 8 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 1 hour, 16 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 23 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 24 mins late |
| Silver Star | 1 hour, 28 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 29 mins late |
| Crescent | 1 hour, 32 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 1 hour, 39 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 49 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 8 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 2 hours, 16 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 2 hours, 31 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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