Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for July 2022
Twenty-two percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in July 2022... The remaining trains, on average, arrived two hours and seven minutes late.
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Friday, July 1 18 %
1 hour, 31 mins late
1 hour, 52 mins late
Saturday, July 2 27 %
1 hour, 43 mins late
2 hours, 21 mins late
Sunday, July 3 42 %
1 hour, 10 mins late
2 hours late
Monday, July 4 50 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
Tuesday, July 5 38 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 54 mins late
Wednesday, July 6 21 %
1 hour, 34 mins late
1 hour, 58 mins late
Thursday, July 7 14 %
1 hour, 52 mins late
2 hours, 10 mins late
Friday, July 8 26 %
2 hours, 2 mins late
2 hours, 46 mins late
Saturday, July 9 18 %
1 hour, 42 mins late
2 hours, 5 mins late
Sunday, July 10 23 %
1 hour, 36 mins late
2 hours, 5 mins late
Monday, July 11 19 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
Tuesday, July 12 38 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 48 mins late
Wednesday, July 13 23 %
1 hour, 27 mins late
1 hour, 54 mins late
Thursday, July 14 23 %
1 hour, 29 mins late
1 hour, 56 mins late
Friday, July 15 11 %
2 hours, 9 mins late
2 hours, 25 mins late
Saturday, July 16 13 %
2 hours, 34 mins late
2 hours, 55 mins late
Sunday, July 17 20 %
1 hour, 21 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
Monday, July 18 23 %
1 hour, 41 mins late
2 hours, 11 mins late
Tuesday, July 19 9 %
1 hour, 48 mins late
2 hours late
Wednesday, July 20 6 %
1 hour, 53 mins late
2 hours, 1 min late
Thursday, July 21 10 %
1 hour, 54 mins late
2 hours, 6 mins late
Friday, July 22 11 %
1 hour, 49 mins late
2 hours, 3 mins late
Saturday, July 23 12 %
1 hour, 49 mins late
2 hours, 4 mins late
Sunday, July 24 26 %
1 hour, 37 mins late
2 hours, 10 mins late
Monday, July 25 3 %
2 hours, 13 mins late
2 hours, 18 mins late
Tuesday, July 26 19 %
1 hour, 15 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Wednesday, July 27 23 %
2 hours, 13 mins late
2 hours, 51 mins late
Thursday, July 28 30 %
1 hour, 48 mins late
2 hours, 34 mins late
Friday, July 29 17 %
1 hour, 26 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
Saturday, July 30 50 %
1 hour, 10 mins late
2 hours, 20 mins late
Sunday, July 31 15 %
2 hours, 20 mins late
2 hours, 44 mins late
Composite for July 22 %
1 hour, 40 mins late
2 hours, 7 mins late
Seven-year comparison for July . . .
7-year comparison |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
July 2016 | 30 % |
59 mins late |
1 hour, 24 mins late |
July 2017 | 22 % |
1 hour, 19 mins late |
1 hour, 41 mins late |
July 2018 | 20 % |
1 hour, 33 mins late |
1 hour, 56 mins late |
July 2019 | 18 % |
1 hour, 37 mins late |
1 hour, 58 mins late |
July 2020 | 47 % |
42 mins late |
1 hour, 20 mins late |
July 2021 | 37 % |
1 hour, 9 mins late |
1 hour, 50 mins late |
July 2022 | 22 % |
1 hour, 40 mins late |
2 hours, 7 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 [temporarily suspended]
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, July 2022)
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Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
Silver Meteor | 59 % |
City of New Orleans | 53 % |
Coast Starlight | 49 % |
Empire Builder | 44 % |
Maple Leaf | 43 % |
Vermonter | 41 % |
Carolinian | 39 % |
Texas Eagle | 39 % |
Lake Shore Limited | 34 % |
Palmetto | 33 % |
Auto Train | 31 % |
Cardinal | 22 % |
Crescent | 18 % |
Southwest Chief | 18 % |
.Sunset Limited | 16 % |
Capitol Limited | 16 % |
California Zephyr | 12 % |
Silver Star | 12 % |
Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
Vermonter | 12 mins late |
Maple Leaf | 15 mins late |
Carolinian | 27 mins late |
Palmetto | 31 mins late |
City of New Orleans | 37 mins late |
Lake Shore Limited | 40 mins late |
Coast Starlight | 47 mins late |
Silver Meteor | 58 mins late |
Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 2 mins late |
Cardinal | 1 hour, 5 mins late |
Auto Train | 1 hour, 7 mins late |
Empire Bulder | 1 hour, 17 mins late |
Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 17 mins late |
Crescent | 1 hour, 37 mins late |
Silver Star | 1 hour, 52 mins late |
Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 20 mins late |
Sunset Limited | 2 hours, 46 mins late |
California Zephyr | 3 hours, 16 mins late |
Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
Vermonter | 21 mins late |
Maple Leaf | 27 mins late |
Carolinian | 44 mins late |
Palmetto | 46 mins late |
Lake Shore Limited | 1 hour late |
City of New Orleans | 1 hour, 17 mins late |
Cardinal | 1 hour, 24 mins late |
Capitol Limited | 1 hour, 32 mins late |
Coast Starlight | 1 hour, 33 mins late |
Auto Train | 1 hour, 37 mins late |
Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 42 mins late |
Crescent | 1 hour, 58 mins late |
Silver Star | 2 hours, 7 mins late |
Empire Builder | 2 hours, 19 mins late |
Silver Meteor | 2 hours, 21 mins late |
Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 50 mins late |
Sunset Limited | 3 hours, 19 mins late |
California Zephyr | 3 hours, 43 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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