Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for September 2025
Forty-nine percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in September 2025... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 11 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, September 2025)
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Daily Averages for September . . .
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Monday, September 1 58 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Tuesday, September 2 63 %
11 mins late
28 mins late
Wednesday, September 3 55 %
24 mins late
53 mins late
Thursday, September 4 44 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Friday, September 5 41 %
34 mins late
57 mins late
Saturday, September 6 55 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
Sunday, September 7 29 %
1 hour, 19 mins late
1 hour, 52 mins late
.Monday, September 8 48 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
Tuesday, September 9 53 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
Wednesday, September 10 63 %
13 mins late
36 mins late
Thursday, September 11 47 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 45 mins late
Friday, September 12 32 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Saturday, September 13 55 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
Sunday, September 14 67 %
19 mins late
56 mins late
Monday, September 15 61 %
22 mins late
56 mins late
Tuesday, September 16 75 %
28 mins late
1 hour, 50 mins late
Wednesday, September 17 41 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
Thursday, September 18 57 %
22 mins late
52 mins late
Friday, September 19 24 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 19 mins late
Saturday, September 20 44 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
Sunday, September 21 52 %
29 mins late
59 mins late
Monday, September 22 52 %
24 mins late
49 mins late
Tuesday, September 23 48 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
Wednessday, September 24 52 %
16 mins late
33 mins late
Thursday, September 25 38 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Friday, September 26 38 %
37 mins late
59 mins late
Saturday, September 27 50 %
24 mins late
47 mins late
Sunday, September 28 48 %
30 mins late
57 mins late
Monday, September 29 53 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Tuesday, September 30 45 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
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Average for month 49 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
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Ten-year Monthly Comparison for September . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Ave arrival if late
September 2016 38 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
September 2017 34 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
September 2018 29 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
September 2019 36 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
September 2020 52 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
September 2021 43 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
September 2022 38 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
September 2023 44 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
September 2024 53 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
September 2025 49 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
10-year composit average 42 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
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2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 66 % |
| Sunset Limited | 60 % |
| Crescent | 57 % |
| Coast Starlight | 56 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 50 % |
| Empire Builder | 46 % |
| California Zephyr | 45 % |
| Texas Eagle | 43 % |
| Auto Train | 41 % |
| Carolinian | 35 % |
| Palmetto | 33 % |
| Silver Meteor | 32 % |
| Vermonter | 32 % |
| .Southwest Chief | 28 % |
| Maple Leaf | 21 % |
| Cardinal | 20 % |
| Floridian | .16 % |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Lake Shore Limited | 20 mins late |
| Crescent | 25 mins late |
| Vermonter | 25 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 29 mins late |
| Carolinian | 29 mins late |
| Palmetto | 31 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 32 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 44 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 50 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 53 mins late |
| Auto Train | 55 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 1 min late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 5 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 12 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 26 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 48 mins late |
| Floridian | 1 hour, 58 mins late |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Average Arrival When Late
Vermonter 37 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 40 mins late
Maple Leaf 40 mins late
Carolinian 44 mins late
Palmetto 46 mins late
Crescent 58 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 13 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 16 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 28 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 33 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 39 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 55 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 12 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 15 mins late
Floridian 2 hours, 20 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 30 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 35 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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