Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for December 2022
Forty-eight percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in December 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 39 minutes late.
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Thursday, December 1 47 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
Friday, December 2 38 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
Saturday, December 3 42 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 44 mins late
Sunday, December 4 44 %
29 mins late
51 mins late
Monday, December 5 59 %
18 mins late
43 mins late
Tuesday, December 6 41 %
33 mins late
56 mins late
Wednesday, December 7 54 %
24 mins late
52 mins late
Thursday, December 8 49 %
21 mins late
40 mins late
Friday, December 9 54 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
Saturday, December 10 54 %
18 mins late
40 mins late
Sunday, December 11 53 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
Monday, December 12 64 %
14 mins late
39 mins late
Tuesday, December 13 60 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
Wednesday, December 14 56 %
21 mins late
48 mins late
Thursday, December 15 54 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Friday, December 16 38 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Saturday, December 17 51 %
18 mins late
36 mins late
Sunday, December 18 46 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
Monday, December 19 50 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
2 hours, 9 mins late
Tuesday, December 20 63 %
1 hour, 41 mins late
4 hours, 33 mins late
Wednesday, December 21 43 %
1 hour, 59 mins late
3 hours, 29 mins late
Thursday, December 22 50 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Friday, December 23 23 %
4 hours, 10 mins late
5 hours, 23 mins late
Christmas Eve 13 %
2 hours, 57 mins late
3 hours, 24 mins late
Christmas Day 41 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
Monday, December 26 26 %
1 hour, 34 mins late
2 hours, 7 mins late
Tuesday, December 27 33 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Wednesday, December 28 54 %
1 hour, 20 mins late
2 hours, 54 mins late
Thursday, December 29 53 %
26 mins late
56 mins late
Friday, December 30 33 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Saturday, December 31 59 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
Composite for Month 48 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Seven-year comparison for December . . .
7-year comparison |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| December 2016 | 35 % |
54 mins late |
1 hour, 23 mins late |
| December 2017 | 35 % |
1 hour late |
1 hour, 32 mins late |
| December 2018 | 37 % |
59 mins late |
1 hour, 33 mins late |
| December 2019 | 43 % |
39 mins late |
1 hour, 9 mins late |
| December 2020 | 64 % |
25 mins late |
1 hour, 10 mins late |
| December 2021 | 37 % |
1 hour late |
1 hour, 34 mins late |
| December 2022 | 48 % |
52 mins late |
1 hour, 39 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, December 2022)
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Full Year 2022 Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 62 % |
| Silver Meteor | 54 % |
| Maple Leaf | 43 % |
| Empire Builder | 43 % |
| Coast Starlight | 42 % |
| Carolinian | 40 % |
| Palmetto | 38 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 38 % |
| Auto Train | 35 % |
| Vermonter | 33 % |
| Crescent | 33 % |
| Texas Eagle | 33 % |
| Capitol Limited | 29 % |
| Cardinal | 25 % |
| .Southwest Chief | 20 % |
| Silver Star | 18 % |
| Sunset Limited | 17 % |
| California Zephyr | 13 % |
Full Year 2022 Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| Maple Leaf | 17 mins late |
| Vermonter | 20 mins late |
| Carolinian | 25 mins late |
| Palmetto | 27 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 30 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 32 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 35 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 56 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 59 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour late |
| Crescent | 1 hour, 2 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 4 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 14 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 19 mins late |
| Silver Star | 1 hour, 34 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 59 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 2 hours, 35 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 2 hours, 55 mins late |
Full Year 2022 Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train |
Avg arrival when late |
| Maple Leaf | 27 mins late |
| Vermonter | 30 mins late |
| Carolinian | 41 mins late |
| Palmetto | 44 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 51 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 1 hour, 17 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 1 hour, 17 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 19 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 22 mins late |
| Crescent | 1 hour, 33 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 1 hour, 37 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 39 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 51 mins late |
| Silver Star | 1 hour, 55 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 2 hours, 27 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 29 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 3 hours, 7 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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