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Performance for week ending October 23, 2022

Daily performance	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if late
Monday, October 17	33 %	47 mins late	1 hour, 10 mins late
Tuesday, October 18	32 %	45 mins late	1 hour, 6 mins late
Wednesday, October 19	33 %	57 mins late	1 hour, 26 mins late
Thursday, October 20	29 %	46 mins late	1 hour, 5 mins late
Friday, October 21	30 %	1 hour, 5 mins late	1 hour, 33 mins late
Saturday, October 22	43 %	39 mins late	1 hour, 9 mins late
Sunday, October 23	50 %	30 mins late	1 hour, 1 min late

Thirty-six percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending October 23, 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 14 minutes late.

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

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 18 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 39 mins late .

California Zephyr

• On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 20 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 52 mins late .

Capitol Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 35 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 44 mins late .

Cardinal

• On-time arrival at final destination: 33 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 35 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 52 mins late .

Carolinian

• On-time arrival at final destination: 57 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 13 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 29 mins late .

City of New Orleans

• On-time arrival at final destination: 86 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 13 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 31 mins late .

Coast Starlight

• On-time arrival at final destination: 36 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 24 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 11 mins late .

Crescent

• On-time arrival at final destination: 57 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 47 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 49 mins late .

Empire Builder

• On-time arrival at final destination: 38 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 56 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 31 mins late .

Lake Shore Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 29 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 23 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 32 mins late .

Maple Leaf

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 19 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 24 mins late .

Palmetto

• On-time arrival at final destination: 43 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 13 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 22 mins late .

Silver Meteor

• On-time arrival at final destination: 57 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 16 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 36 mins late .

Silver Star

• On-time arrival at final destination: 14 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 28 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 33 mins late .

Southwest Chief

• On-time arrival at final destination: 50 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 12 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 24 mins late .

Sunset Limited

• On-time arrival at final destination: 20 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 2 hours, 39 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 3 hours, 19 mins late .

Texas Eagle

• On-time arrival at final destination: 21 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 1 hour, 44 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 2 hours, 13 mins late .

Vermonter

• On-time arrival at final destination: 0 %. . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 50 mins late . . .(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 50 mins late .

 

COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, week ending October 23, 2022)

• On-time arrival at final destination: 36 % . . . . (year to date .. 32 %). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (
• Average arrival, all trains: 47 mins late. . . . . (year to date .. 1 hour, 9 mins late). . . . . .. . . . .. . , , , ,(
• Average arrival, trains arriving late: 1 hour, 14 mins late .. . . . (year to date .. 1 hour, 40 mins late). . .

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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:

Week ending . . .	Pct on-time arrival	Overall avg arrival	Avg arrival if 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
March 27, 2022	31 %	59 mins late	1 hour, 26 mins late
April 3, 2022	27 %	59 mins late	1 hour, 21 mins late
April 10, 2022	28 %	1 hour, 2 mins late	1 hour, 26 mins late
April 17, 2022	29 %	1 hour late	1 hour, 25 mins late
April 24, 2022	30 %	1 hour, 2 mins late	1 hour, 29 mins late
May 1, 2022	34 %	51 mins late	1 hour, 18 mins late
May 8, 2022	28 %	1 hour, 14 mins late	1 hour, 43 mins late
May 15, 2022	29 %	1 hour, 25 mins late	2 hours late
May 22, 2022	21 %	1 hour, 13 mins late	1 hour, 33 mins late
May 29, 2022	25 %	1 hour, 11 mins late	1 hour, 34 mins late
June 5, 2022	29 %	1 hour, 26 mins late	2 hours late
June 12, 2022	27 %	1 hour, 16 mins late	1 hour, 43 mins late
June 19, 2022	19 %	2 hours, 33 mins late	3 hours, 10 mins late
June 26, 2022	21 %	1 hour, 36 mins late	2 hours, 1 min late
July 3, 2022	27 %	1 hour, 20 mins late	1 hour, 49 mins late
July 10, 2022	27 %	1 hour, 33 mins late	2 hours, 8 mins late
July 17, 2022	21 %	1 hour, 37 mins late	2 hours, 3 mins late
July 24, 2022	14 %	1 hour, 47 mins late	2 hours, 4 mins late
July 31, 2022	22 %	1 hour, 46 mins late	2 hours, 17 mins late
August 7, 2022	17 %	1 hour, 47 mins late	2 hours, 9 mins late
August 14, 2022	28 %	1 hour, 12 mins late	1 hour, 39 mins late
August 21, 2022	31 %	58 mins late	1 hour, 24 mins late
August 28, 2022	24 %	1 hour, 5 mins late	1 hour, 26 mins late
September 4, 2022	35 %	1 hour, 3 mins late	1 hour, 37 mins late
September 11, 2022	41 %	43 mins late	1 hour, 14 mins late
September 18, 2022	39 %	42 mins late	1 hour, 9 mins late
September 25, 2022	37 %	59 mins late	1 hour, 33 mins late
October 2, 2022	35 %	48 mins late	1 hour, 14 mins late
October 9, 2022	35 %	53 mins late	1 hour, 21 mins late
October 16, 2022	26 %	1 hour, 1 min late	1 hour, 22 mins late
October 23, 2022	36 %	47 mins late	1 hour, 14 mins late

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

Train	Pct on-time arrival
Silver Meteor	59 %
City of New Orleans	55 %
Empire Builder	47 %
Coast Starlight	42 %
Maple Leaf	41 %
Carolinian	39 %
Lake Shore Limited	36 %
Auto Train	35 %
Palmetto	35 %
Vermonter	33 %
Texas Eagle	31 %
Crescent	25 %
Cardinal	24 %
Capitol Limited	21 %
.Southwest Chief	18 %
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	20 mins late
Carolinian	26 mins late
Palmetto	30 mins late
Lake Shore Limited	34 mins late
City of New Orleans	35 mins late
Silver Meteor	43 mins late
Coast Starlight	54 mins late
Auto Train	1 hour, 1 min late
Cardinal	1 hour, 3 mins late
Empire Builder	1 hour, 5 mins late
Capitol Limited	1 hour, 7 mins late
Crescent	1 hour, 15 mins late
Texas Eagle	1 hour, 19 mins late
Silver Star	1 hour, 47 mins late
Southwest Chief	2 hours, 9 mins late
Sunset Limited	2 hours, 54 mins late
California Zephyr	3 hours, 8 mins late

Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late

Train	Overall avg arrival
Maple Leaf	27 mins late
Vermonter	30 mins late
Carolinian	42 mins late
Palmetto	46 mins late
Lake Shore Limited	53 mins late
City of New Orleans	1 hour, 17 mins late
Cardinal	1 hour, 23 mins late
Capitol Limited	1 hour, 25 mins late
Coast Starlight	1 hour, 34 mins late
Auto Train	1 hour, 34 mins late
Crescent	1 hour, 40 mins late
Silver Meteor	1 hour, 46 mins late
Texas Eagle	1 hour, 54 mins late
Silver Star	2 hours, 1 min late
Empire Builder	2 hours, 3 mins late
Southwest Chief	2 hours, 37 mins late
Sunset Limited	3 hours, 21 mins late
California Zephyr	3 hours, 32 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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