Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for August 2025
Thirty-six percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in August 2025... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 35 minutes late.
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This Month's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train .
California Zephyr .
Cardinal .
Carolinian .
City of New Orleans .
Coast Starlight .
Crescent .
Empire Builder .
Floridian
Lake Shore Limited .
Maple Leaf .
Palmetto .
Silver Meteor .
Southwest Chief .
Sunset Limited .
Texas Eagle .
Vermonter .
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, August 2025)
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Ten-year comparison for August . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Ave arrival if late
August 2016 33 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
August 2017 26 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
August 2018 21 %
1 hour, 26 mins late
1 hour, 50 mins late
August 2019 25 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
August 2020 54 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
August 2021 37 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
August 2022 26 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
August 2023 33 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
August 2024 38 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
August 2025 36 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 35 mins late
10-year August average 33 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 28 mins late
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 65 % |
| Sunset Limited | 58 % |
| Coast Starlight | 55 % |
| Crescent | 54 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 50 % |
| California Zephyr | 45 % |
| Empire Builder | 45 % |
| Texas Eagle | 43 % |
| Auto Train | 37 % |
| Carolinian | 33 % |
| Palmetto | 30 % |
| Southwest Chief | 30 % |
| Vermonter | 30 % |
| Silver Meteor | 29 % |
| Maple Leaf | 21 % |
| Cardinal | 17 % |
| Floridian | .13 % |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Lake Shore Limited | 20 mins late |
| Crescent | 27 mins late |
| Vermonter | 27 mins late |
| Carolinian | 29 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 31 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 32 mins late |
| Palmetto | 34 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 44 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 52 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 58 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 1 min late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 6 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 9 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 13 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 30 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 46 mins late |
| Floridian | 2 hours, 6 mins late |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Average Arrival When Late
Vermonter 38 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 40 mins late
Maple Leaf 41 mins late
Carolinian 43 mins late
Palmetto 48 mins late
Crescent 1 hour late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 14 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 20 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 30 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 36 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 39 mins late
Texas Eagle 2 hours, 2 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 14 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 19 mins late
Floridian 2 hours, 26 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 33 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 43 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 typically 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 statistically 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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