Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for September 2022
Thirty-eight percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in September 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 24 minutes late.
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Thursday, Sept. 1 27 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Friday, Sept. 2 32 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Saturday, Sept. 3 39 %
1 hour, 26 mins late
2 hours, 23 mins late
Sunday, Sept. 4 47 %
1 hour, 16 mins late
2 hours, 23 mins late
Monday, Sept. 5 44 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
Tuesday, Sept. 6 33 %
35 mins late
53 mins late
Wednesday, Sept. 7 38 %
28 mins late
44 mins late
Thursday, Sept. 8 48 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
Friday, Sept. 9 28 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
Saturday, Sept. 10 48 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 40 mins late
Sunday, Sept. 11 52 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Monday, Sept. 12 29 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Tuesday, Sept. 13 38 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Wednesday, Sept. 14 41 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Thursday, Sept. 15 55 %
29 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Friday, Sept. 16 17 %
25 mins late
30 mins late
Saturday, Sept. 17 42 %
25 mins late
44 mins late
Sunday, Sept. 18 50 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Monday, Sept. 19 38 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
Tuesday, Sept. 20 52 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 58 mins late
Wednesday, Sept. 21 44 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Thursday, Sept. 22 29 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
Friday, Sept. 23 14 %
1 hour, 45 mins late
2 hours, 2 mins late
Saturday, Sept. 24 34 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 33 min late
Sunday, Sept. 25 47 %
32 mins late
59 mins late
Monday, Sept. 26 44 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
Tuesday, Sept. 27 39 %
1 hour, 19 mins late
2 hours, 10 mins late
Wednesday, Sept. 28 37 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Thursday, Sept. 29 36 %
33 mins late
51 mins late
Friday, Sept. 30 28 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
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Composite for Month 38 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Seven-year comparison for September . . .
7-year comparison |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| September 2016 | 38 % |
41 mins late |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
| September 2017 | 34 % |
49 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
| September 2018 | 29 % |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
1 hour, 33 mins late |
| September 2019 | 36 % |
49 mins late |
1 hour, 16 mins late |
| September 2020 | 52 % |
32 mins late |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
| September 2021 | 43 % |
38 mins late |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
| September 2022 | 38 % |
52 mins late |
1 hour, 24 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, September 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 | 54 % |
| Empire Builder | 46 % |
| Maple Leaf | 44 % |
| Coast Starlight | 43 % |
| Carolinian | 38 % |
| Auto Train | 36 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 36 % |
| Palmetto | 36 % |
| Vermonter | 35 % |
| Texas Eagle | 33 % |
| Cardinal | 24 % |
| Crescent | 22 % |
| Capitol Limited | 19 % |
| .Southwest Chief | 17 % |
| Sunset Limited | 14 % |
| Silver Star | 12 % |
| California Zephyr | 11 % |
Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| Maple Leaf | 16 mins late |
| Vermonter | 18 mins late |
| Carolinian | 27 mins late |
| Palmetto | 31 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 36 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 36 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 53 mins late |
| Auto Train | 58 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 58 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 3 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 8 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 10 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 17 mins late |
| Crescent | 1 hour, 20 mins late |
| Silver Star | 1 hour, 49 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 13 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 2 hours, 52 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 3 hours, 16 mins late |
Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| Vermonter | 27 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 28 mins late |
| Carolinian | 43 mins late |
| Palmetto | 49 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 55 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 1 hour, 17 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 23 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 26 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 31 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 1 hour, 34 mins late |
| Crescent | 1 hour, 43 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 54 mins late |
| Silver Star | 2 hours, 4 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 2 hours, 8 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 2 hours, 21 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 40 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 3 hours, 21 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 3 hours, 40 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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