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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for July 2022

Twenty-two percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in July 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived two hours and seven minutes late.

 Date

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Friday, July 1

18 %

1 hour, 31 mins late

 1 hour, 52 mins late

 Saturday, July 2

27 %

1 hour, 43 mins late

 2 hours, 21 mins late

 Sunday, July 3

42 %

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 2 hours late

 Monday, July 4

50 %

 52 mins late

 1 hour, 44 mins late

 Tuesday, July 5

38 %

 1 hour, 11 mins late

1 hour, 54 mins late

 Wednesday, July 6

21 %

 1 hour, 34 mins late

1 hour, 58 mins late

 Thursday, July 7

14 %

 1 hour, 52 mins late

2 hours, 10 mins late

 Friday, July 8

26 %

2 hours, 2 mins late

 2 hours, 46 mins late

 Saturday, July 9

18 %

1 hour, 42 mins late

 2 hours, 5 mins late

 Sunday, July 10

23 %

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 2 hours, 5 mins late

 Monday, July 11

19 %

 1 hour, 11 mins late

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 Tuesday, July 12

38 %

 1 hour, 8 mins late

1 hour, 48 mins late

 Wednesday, July 13

23 %

 1 hour, 27 mins late

1 hour, 54 mins late

 Thursday, July 14

23 %

 1 hour, 29 mins late

1 hour, 56 mins late

 Friday, July 15

11 %

2 hours, 9 mins late

 2 hours, 25 mins late

 Saturday, July 16

13 %

2 hours, 34 mins late

 2 hours, 55 mins late

 Sunday, July 17

20 %

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 Monday, July 18

23 %

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 2 hours, 11 mins late

 Tuesday, July 19

9 %

 1 hour, 48 mins late

2 hours late

 Wednesday, July 20

6 %

 1 hour, 53 mins late

2 hours, 1 min late

 Thursday, July 21

10 %

 1 hour, 54 mins late

2 hours, 6 mins late

 Friday, July 22

11 %

1 hour, 49 mins late

 2 hours, 3 mins late

 Saturday, July 23

12 %

1 hour, 49 mins late

 2 hours, 4 mins late

 Sunday, July 24

26 %

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 2 hours, 10 mins late

 Monday, July 25

3 %

 2 hours, 13 mins late

 2 hours, 18 mins late

 Tuesday, July 26

19 %

 1 hour, 15 mins late

1 hour, 34 mins late

 Wednesday, July 27

23 %

 2 hours, 13 mins late

2 hours, 51 mins late

 Thursday, July 28

30 %

 1 hour, 48 mins late

2 hours, 34 mins late

 Friday, July 29

17 %

 1 hour, 26 mins late

1 hour, 43 mins late

 Saturday, July 30

50 %

 1 hour, 10 mins late

2 hours, 20 mins late

 Sunday, July 31

15 %

 2 hours, 20 mins late

2 hours, 44 mins late

 Composite for July

22 %

 1 hour, 40 mins late

 2 hours, 7 mins late

 

Seven-year comparison for July . . .

 7-year comparison

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 July 2016

 30 %

 59 mins late

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 July 2017

 22 %

 1 hour, 19 mins late

 1 hour, 41 mins late

 July 2018

 20 %

 1 hour, 33 mins late

 1 hour, 56 mins late

 July 2019

 18 %

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 1 hour, 58 mins late

 July 2020

 47 %

 42 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 July 2021

 37 %

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 1 hour, 50 mins late

 July 2022

 22 %

 1 hour, 40 mins late

 2 hours, 7 mins late

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This Month'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

Palmetto

Silver Meteor [temporarily suspended]

Silver Star

Southwest Chief

Sunset Limited

Texas Eagle

Vermonter

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, July 2022)

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

 Train

 Pct on-time arrival

 Silver Meteor

 59 %

 City of New Orleans

 53 %

 Coast Starlight

 49 %

 Empire Builder

 44 %

 Maple Leaf

 43 %

 Vermonter

 41 %

 Carolinian

 39 %

 Texas Eagle

 39 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 34 %

 Palmetto

 33 %

 Auto Train

 31 %

 Cardinal

 22 %

 Crescent

 18 %

 Southwest Chief

 18 %

.Sunset Limited

 16 %

 Capitol Limited

 16 %

 California Zephyr

 12 %

 Silver Star

 12 %

Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall avg arrival

 Vermonter

 12 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 15 mins late

 Carolinian

 27 mins late

 Palmetto

 31 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 37 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 40 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 47 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 58 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 2 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 Empire Bulder

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 52 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 2 hours, 20 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 46 mins late

 California Zephyr

 3 hours, 16 mins late

Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late

 Train

 Overall avg arrival

 Vermonter

 21 mins late

 Maple Leaf

 27 mins late

 Carolinian

 44 mins late

 Palmetto

 46 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 1 hour late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 33 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 42 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 58 mins late

 Silver Star

 2 hours, 7 mins late

 Empire Builder

 2 hours, 19 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 2 hours, 21 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 2 hours, 50 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 3 hours, 19 mins late

 California Zephyr

 3 hours, 43 mins late

 

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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.' 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 reported by Amtrak. (Data only apply to final destination, not to intermediate stops.)

(Trains that are truncated, annulled, originated or terminated en route, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.)

 

 

 

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