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