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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for November 2022

Forty (40) percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in November 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 29 minutes late.

 Date

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 Tuesday, November 1

34 %

50 mins late

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 Wednesday, November 2

21 %

 40 mins late

 51 mins late

 Thursday, November 3

40 %

 40 mins late

 1 hour, 7 mins late

 Friday, November 4

34 %

 39 mins late

59 mins late

 Saturday, November 5

39 %

 55 mins late

1 hour, 30 mins late

 Sunday, November 6

41 %

 1 hour, 20 mins late

2 hours, 17 mins late

 Monday, November 7

42 %

1 hour, 13 mins late

 2 hours, 4 mins late

 Tuesday, November 8

40 %

1 hour, 5 mins late

 1 hour, 48 mins late

 Wednesday, November 9

52 %

 28 mins late

 59 mins late

 Thursday, November 10

45 %

 38 mins late

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 Friday, November 11

23 %

 1 hour, 26 mins late

1 hour, 51 mins late

 Saturday, November 12

39 %

 1 hour, 48 mins late

2 hours, 58 mins late

 Sunday, November 13

42 %

 36 mins late

1 hour, 2 mins late

 Monday, November 14

42 %

52 mins late

 1 hour, 30 mins late

 Tuesday, November 15

43 %

37 mins late

 1 hour, 4 mins late

 Wednesday, November 16

42 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 20 mins late

 Thursday, November 17

40 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 Friday, November 18

34 %

 1 hour, 18 mins late

1 hour, 58 mins late

 Saturday, November 19

23 %

 1 hour, 44 mins late

2 hours, 15 mins late

 Sunday, November 20

39 %

 38 mins late

1 hour, 3 mins late

 Monday, November 21

23 %

1 hour, 30 mins late

 1 hour, 56 mins late

 Tuesday, November 22

31 %

48 mins late

 1 hour, 10 mins late

 Wednesday, November 23

25 %

 1 hour, 19 mins late

 1 hour, 45 mins late

 Thanksgiving

60 %

 27 mins late

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 Friday, November 25

54 %

 30 mins late

1 hour, 5 mins late

 Saturday, November 26

57 %

 22 mins late

52 mins late

 Sunday, November 27

64 %

 25 mins late

1 hour, 8 mins late

 Monday, November 28

39 %

 47 mins late

1 hour, 17 mins late

 Tuesday, November 29

49 %

 49 mins late

1 hour, 35 mins late

 Wednesday, November 30

50 %

 43 mins late

1 hour, 25 mins late

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 Composite for Month

40 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 29 mins late

 

Seven-year comparison for November . . .

 7-year comparison

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Avg arrival if late

 November 2016

 38 %

 46 mins late

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 November 2017

 33 %

 48 mins late

 1 hour, 12 mins late

 November 2018

 32 %

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 1 hour, 48 mins late

 November 2019

 42 %

 47 mins late

 1 hour, 22 mins late

 November 2020

 54 %

 39 mins late

 1 hour, 25 mins late

 November 2021

 43 %

 43 mins late

 1 hour, 15 mins late

 November 2022

 40 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 29 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, November 2022)

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

 Train

 Pct on-time arrival

 City of New Orleans

 59 %

 Silver Meteor

 55 %

 Empire Builder

 44 %

 Maple Leaf

 43 %

 Coast Starlight

 42 %

 Carolinian

 39 %

 Lake Shore Limited

 37 %

 Palmetto

 36 %

 Auto Train

 34 %

 Vermonter

 33 %

 Texas Eagle

 31 %

 Crescent

 31 %

 Cardinal

 25 %

 Capitol Limited

 25 %

.Southwest Chief

 18 %

 Sunset Limited

 15 %

 Silver Star

 15 %

 California Zephyr

 12 %

Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival

 Train

 Overall avg arrival

 Maple Leaf

 16 mins late

 Vermonter

 20 mins late

 Carolinian

 25 mins late

 Palmetto

 29 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 31 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 33 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 37 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 53 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 1 min late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 6 mins late

 Empire Builder

 1 hour, 17 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 18 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 39 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 2 hours, 6 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 2 hours, 42 mins late

 California Zephyr

 2 hours, 55 mins late

Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late

 Train

 Overall avg arrival

 Maple Leaf

 29 mins late

 Vermonter

 29 mins late

 Carolinian

 41 mins late

 Palmetto

 44 mins late

 Lake Shore Limited

 52 mins late

 City of New Orleans

 1 hour, 14 mins late

 Cardinal

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 Capitol Limited

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Silver Meteor

 1 hour, 23 mins late

 Coast Starlight

 1 hour, 31 mins late

 Crescent

 1 hour, 36 mins late

 Auto Train

 1 hour, 39 mins late

 Texas Eagle

 1 hour, 53 mins late

 Silver Star

 1 hour, 57 mins late

 Empire Builder

 2 hours, 18 mins late

 Southwest Chief

 2 hours, 34 mins late

 Sunset Limited

 3 hours, 11 mins late

 California Zephyr

 3 hours, 20 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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