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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