Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending December 16, 2018
Daily performance |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
Monday, December 10 | 48 % |
34 mins late |
1 hour, 6 mins late |
Tuesday, December 11 | 45 % |
57 mins late |
1 hour, 45 mins late |
Wednesday, December 12 | 36 % |
58 mins late |
1 hour, 31 mins late |
Thursday, December 13 | 43 % |
41 mins late |
1 hour, 12 mins late |
Friday, December 14 | 24 % |
1 hour, 13 mins late |
1 hour, 36 mins late |
Saturday, December 15 | 34 % |
1 hour, 8 mins late |
1 hour, 44 mins late |
Sunday, December 16 | 44 % |
55 mins late |
1 hour, 39 mins late |
Thirty-nine percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their final destination on time or earlier in the week ending December 16, 2018... The remaining 61 percent, on average, arrived one hour and 32 minutes late.
The City of New Orleans is currently the leader, year-to-date, with the best on-time percentage (63%), followed by Auto Train (59%) and Coast Starlight (51%). All other named long-distance trains, on average, have arrived on time in fewer than 50 percent of their runs. The train with the lowest on-time percentage, year-to-date, is Crescent (3%).. Overall, year-to-date, named long-distance trains, on average, arrived at their final destination on-time 30 percent of the time.
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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 December 16, 2018)
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Recent weekly performance
Weekly performance
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Week ending June 24 14 %
1 hour, 37 mins late
1 hour, 54 mins late
Week ending July 1 11 %
1 hour, 40 mins late
1 hour, 52 mins late
Week ending July 8 19 %
1 hour, 32 mins late
1 hour, 53 mins late
Week ending July 15 26 %
1 hour, 27 mins late
1 hour, 57 mins late
Week ending July 22 20 %
1 hour, 30 mins late
1 hour, 53 mins late
Week ending July 29 16 %
1 hour, 44 mins late
2 hours, 3 mins late
Week ending August 5 14 %
1 hour, 53 mins late
2 hours, 12 mins late
Week ending August 12 15 %
1 hour, 44 mins late
2 hours, 2 mins late
Week ending August 19 22 %
1 hour, 24 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
Week ending August 26 30 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Week ending September 2 29 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
Week ending September 9 28 %
1 hour, 15 mins late
1 hour, 45 mins late
Week ending September 16 29 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Week ending September 23 27 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
Week ending September 30 29 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Week ending October 7 32 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Week ending October 14 33 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
Week ending October 21 31 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Week ending October 28 38 %
36 mins late
59 mins late
Week ending November 4 35 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
Week ending November 11 34 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
Week ending November 18 32 %
1 hour, 26 mins late
2 hours, 7 mins late
Week ending November 25 35 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 50 mins late
Week ending December 2 25 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
Week ending December 9 38 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
Week ending December 16 39 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
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 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 routinely reported by Amtrak. Data apply only to destination; intermediate stops are often different.
(Trains that are truncated, annulled, terminated en route, or provided with incomplete or ambiguous data are typically excluded from the survey.)
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