Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending January 8, 2023
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
Monday, January 2 | 65 % |
43 mins late |
2 hours, 1 min late |
Tuesday, January 3 | 59 % |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
2 hours, 46 mins late |
Wednesday, January 4 | 48 % |
1 hour, 3 mins late |
2 hours, 24 mins late |
Thursday, January 5 | 39 % |
58 mins late |
1 hour, 35 mins late |
Friday, January 6 | 59 % |
34 mins late |
1 hour, 23 mins late |
Saturday, January 7 | 48 % |
43 mins late |
1 hour, 24 mins late |
Sunday, January 8 | 59 % |
34 mins late |
1 hour, 24 mins late |
Fifty-four percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending January 8, 2023... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 46 minutes late.
Ninety-four percent of the scheduled runs included in this survey actually operated through from origin to destination this week. The remaining trains were either truncated or did not operate at all. Only those trains that ran their full scheduled end-to-end route are calculated in this survey.
A number of trains were seriously impacted by adverse weather conditions this week.
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This Week'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, week ending January 8, 2023)
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MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:
Week ending . . .
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if 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
October 30, 2022 39 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
November 6, 2022 38 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
November 13, 2022 40 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
November 20, 2022 38 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
November 27, 2022 45 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
December 4, 2022 44 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
December 11, 2022 52 %
28 mins late
58 mins late
December 18, 2022 53 %
28 mins late
1 hour late
December 25, 2022 43 %
1 hour, 47 mins late
3 hours, 7 mins late
January 1, 2023 46 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
January 8, 2023 54 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 46 mins late
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DATA FROM 2022 . . .
Monthly performance 2022 . . .
Monthly performance
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
January 2022 44 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
February 2022 46 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
March 2022 33 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
April 2022 29 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
May 2022 27 %
1 hour, 16 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
June 2022 23 %
1 hour, 39 mins late
2 hours, 9 mins late
July 2022 22 %
1 hour, 40 mins late
2 hours, 7 mins late
August 2022 26 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
September 2022 38 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
October 2022 35 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
November 2022 40 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
December 2022 48 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
. . . . Full Year 2022 34 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
Seven-year annual comparison . . .
7-year comparison |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
2016 |
40 % |
48 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
2017 |
30 % |
1 hour late |
1 hour, 27 mins late |
2018 |
31 % |
1 hour, 7 mins late |
1 hour, 36 mins late |
2019 |
33 % |
1 hour, 3 mins late |
1 hour, 34 mins late |
2020 |
56 % |
33 mins late |
1 hour, 14 mins late |
2021 |
41 % |
52 mins late |
1 hour, 27 mins late |
2022 |
34 % |
1 hour, 5 mins late |
1 hour, 39 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. Moreover, no consideration is given to the impact of late departures from origin points impacting subsuquent late arrivals at destination, or for any time advanced during the run. Again, calculations refer solely to arrival at final terminal.
(Data apply only 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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