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Performance for week ending March 20, 2022

 Daily performance

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Monday, March 14

37 %

1 hour, 13 mins late

 1 hour, 55 mins late

 Tuesday, March 15

31 %

1 hour, 33 mins late

 2 hours, 15 mins late

 Wednesday, March 16

26 %

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 1 hour, 30 mins late

 Thursday, March 18

35 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 Friday, March 19

24 %

 50 mins late

1 hour, 6 mins late

 Saturday, March 19

50 %

 30 mins late

1 hour late

 Sunday, March 20

28 %

 45 mins late

1 hour, 3 mins late

Thirty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending March 20, 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 28 minutes late.

Only 78 percent of the scheduled runs 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 end-to-end 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 [temporarily suspended]

Silver Star

Southwest Chief

Sunset Limited

Texas Eagle

Vermonter

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending March 20, 2022)

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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:

 Week ending . . .

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if 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

 December 12, 2021

 37 %

 50 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 December 19, 2021

 32 %

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 1 hour, 33 mins late

 December 26, 2021

 38 %

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 January 2, 2022

 41 %

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 2 hours, 11 mins late

 January 9, 2022

 31 %

 1 hour, 56 mins late

 2 hours, 47 mins late

 January 16, 2022

 51 %

 31 mins late

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 January 23, 2022

 47 %

 45 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 January 30, 2022

 43 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 February 6, 2022

 47 %

 37 mins late

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 February 13, 2022

 48 %

 44 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 February 20, 2022

 46 %

 50 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 February 27, 2022

 42 %

 55 mins late

 1 hour, 35 mins late

 March 6, 2022

 41 %

 46 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 March 13, 2022

 30 %

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 1 hour, 28 mins late

 March 20, 2022

 33 %

 59 mins late

 1 hour, 28 mins late

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Year-to-Date 2022 Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival

 Train

 Pct on-time arrival

 City of New Orleans

 66 %

 Texas Eagle

 66 %

 Silver Meteor

 59 %

 Carolinian

 56 %

 Coast Starlight

 55 %

 Palmetto

 48 %

 Vermonter

 44 %

 Auto Train

 41 %

 Southwest Chief

 40 %

 Empire Builder

 39 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 39 %

 Sunset Limited

 37 %

 Cardinal

 28 %

 Crescent

 28 %

 Silver Star

 27 %

 California Zephyr

 24 %

 Capitol Limited

 18 %

Year-to-Date 2022 Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall avg arrival

 Vermonter

 10 mins late

 Carolinian

 16 mins late

 Palmetto

 19 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 24 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 24 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 38 mins late

 Auto Train

 51 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 57 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 58 mins late

 Cardinal

 59 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 42 mins late

 California Zephyr

 1 hour, 59 mins late

Year-to-Date 2022 Standings - Average Arrival, Only When Late

 Train

 Avg arrival when late

 Vermonter

 19 mins late

 Carolinian

 36 mins late

 Palmetto

 37 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 12 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 26 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 38 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 55 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 1 hour, 59 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 2 hours, 8 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 2 hours, 21 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 33 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 38 mins late

 Empire Builder

 2 hours, 48 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 routine 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 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.