Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending August 18, 2024
Forty-five percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending August 18, 2024... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 22 minutes late.
Over 99 percent of long-distance trains operated their scheduled end-to-end route this week. The remaining train was truncated and is not included in this week's data.
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This Week's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train .
California Zephyr .
Capitol Limited .
Cardinal (1 of 6 runs truncated)
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 August 18, 2024)
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Daily performance
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Monday, August 12 42 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Tuesday, August 13 51 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
Wednesday, August 14 31 %
1 hour, 15 mins late
1 hour, 48 mins late
Thursday, August 15 37 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
Friday, August 16 43 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
Saturday, August 17 54 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
Sunday, August 18 57 %
30 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:
Week ending . . .
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
August 20, 2023 33 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 40 mins late
August 27, 2023 38 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
September 3, 2023 38 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
September 10, 2023 42 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
September 17, 2023 40 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
September 24, 2023 49 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
October 1, 2023 47 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
October 8, 2023 55 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
October 15, 2023 51 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
October 22, 2023 47 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
October 29, 2023 47 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
November 5, 2023 * 45 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
November 12, 2023 * 48 %
31 mins late
1 hour late
November 19, 2023 42 %
31 mins late
53 mins late
November 26, 2023 55 %
22 mins late
48 mins late
December 3, 2023 47 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
December 10, 2023 56 %
23 mins late
52 mins late
December 17, 2023 56 %
23 mins late
54 mins late
December 24, 2023 51 %
30 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
December 31, 2023 62 %
22 mins late
57 mins late
January 7, 2024 70 %
13 mins late
44 mins late
January 14, 2024 60 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
January 21, 2024 35 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
January 28, 2024 51 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
February 4, 2024 48 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
February 11, 2024 50 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
February 18, 2024 45 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 4 mins late
February 25, 2024 55 %
27 mins late
1 hour late
March 3, 2024 53 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
March 10, 2024 58 %
25 mins late
59 mins late
March 17, 2024 46 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
March 24, 2024 40 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
March 31, 2024 46 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
April 7, 2024 43 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
April 14, 2024 31 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
April 21, 2024 41 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
April 28, 2024 43 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
May 5, 2024 41 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
May 12, 2024 42 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
May 19, 2024 41 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
May 26, 2024 34 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 38 mins late
June 2, 2024 38 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
June 9, 2024 27 %
1 hour, 16 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
June 16, 2024 35 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 32 mins late
June 23, 2024 26 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
June 30, 2024 30 %
1 hour, 17 mins late
1 hour, 49 mins late
July 7, 2024 35 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
July 14, 2024 27 %
1 hour, 25 mins late
1 hour, 56 mins late
July 21, 2024 28 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
July 28, 2024 36 %
1 hour, 12 mins late
1 hour, 52 mins late
August 4, 2024 34 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
August 11, 2024 34 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
August 18, 2024 45 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
* shortened weeks of data
Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 82 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 58 % |
| Sunset Limited | 58 % |
| Capitol Limited | 57 % |
| Texas Eagle | 48 % |
| Auto Train | 47 % |
| Coast Starlight | 47 % |
| Empire Builder | 45 % |
| Maple Leaf | 38 % |
| California Zephyr | 37 % |
| Palmetto | 34 % |
| Cardinal | 33 % |
| Vermonter | 33 % |
| Crescent | 30 % |
| .Silver Meteor | 27 % |
| Silver Star | 22 % |
| Carolinian | 20 % |
| Southwest Chief | 18 % |
Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| Lake Shore Limited | 19 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 20 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 20 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 23 mins late |
| Vermonter | 24 mins late |
| Palmetto | 34 mins late |
| Auto Train | 42 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 50 mins late |
| Crescent | 53 mins late |
| Carolinian | 54 mins late |
| Cardinal | 55 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour late |
| Sunset Limited | 1 hour late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 1 min late |
| Silver Meteor | 1 hour, 11 mins late |
| Silver Star | 1 hour, 17 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 26 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 4 mins late |
Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Avg arrival when late
Maple Leaf 32 mins late
Vermonter 36 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 45 mins late
Palmetto 51 mins late
Capitol Limited 54 mins late
Carolinian 1 hour, 7 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 16 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 19 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 22 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 33 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 37 mins late
.Silver Star 1 hour, 39 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 49 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 51 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 57 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 15 mins late
Sunset Limied 2 hours, 22 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 30 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 Amtrak trains have sufficient padding in their schedule to offset typical en route delays, and it is not necessary to adopt 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 originating points impacting subsequent late arrivals at destination, or for any time advanced during that run. Again, calculations refer solely to arrival at final terminal.
Data apply only to final destination, not to intermediate stops. Moreover, it does not identify causes for delay, or apply responsibility to any of the host carriers involved en route.
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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