Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for first six months of 2022
Thirty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the six-month period January through June, 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 41 minutes late.
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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
Six-Month Period 33 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
First Half 2022 Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
| Silver Meteor | 59 % |
| City of New Orleans | 55 % |
| Coast Starlight | 52 % |
| Empire Builder | 46 % |
| Vermonter | 45 % |
| Carolinian | 44 % |
| Texas Eagle | 42 % |
| Palmetto | 35 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 34 % |
| Auto Train | 29 % |
| Cardinal | 25 % |
| Southwest Chief | 21 % |
| Sunset Limited | 19 % |
| Crescent | 17 % |
| Capitol Limited | 17 % |
| California Zephyr | 15 % |
| Maple Leaf | 14 % |
| Silver Star | 14 % |
First Half 2022 Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| Maple Leaf | 4 mins late |
| Vermonter | 11 mins late |
| Carolinian | 23 mins late |
| Palmetto | 29 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 35 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 41 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 43 mins late |
| Cardinal | 55 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 56 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 58 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 9 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 10 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 16 mins late |
| Crescent | 1 hour, 40 mins late |
| Silver Star | 1 hour, 43 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 2 hours late |
| Sunset Limited | 2 hours, 42 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 2 hours, 46 mins late |
First Half 2022 Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| Maple Leaf | 5 mins late |
| Vermonter | 20 mins late |
| Carolinian | 41 mins late |
| Palmetto | 44 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 1 hour, 2 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 14 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 1 hour, 19 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 1 hour, 29 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 32 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 36 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 37 mins late |
| Silver Star | 2 hours late |
| Crescent | 2 hours, 1 min late |
| Empire Builder | 2 hours, 10 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 2 hours, 21 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 33 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 3 hours, 15 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 3 hours, 21 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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