Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for October 2025
Fifty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in October 2025... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour 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, October 2025)
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Daily Averages for October . . .
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Wednesday, October 1 63 %
13 mins late
34 mins late
Thursday, October 2 61 %
17 mins late
44 mins late
Friday, October 3 47 %
25 mins late
48 mins late
Saturday, October 4 68 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
Sunday, October 5 55 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Monday, October 6 42 %
24 mins late
42 mins late
Tuesday, October 7 66 %
11 mins late
35 mins late
.Wednesday, October 8 47 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Thursday, October 9 35 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
Friday, October 10 50 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 51 mins late
Saturday, October 11 41 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Sunday, October 12 64 %
14 mins late
38 mins late
Monday, October 13 64 %
27 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
Tuesday, October 14 50 %
29 mins late
58 mins late
Wednesday, October 15 45 %
14 mins late
25 mins late
Thursday, October 16 44 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
Friday, October 17 41 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
Saturday, October 18 56 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
Sunday, October 19 63 %
25 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
Monday, October 20 52 %
19 mins late
40 mins late
Tuesday, October 21 53 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
Wednesday, October 22 47 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Thursday, October 23 52 %
18 mins late
37 mins late
Friday, October 24 56 %
14 mins late
32 mins late
Saturday, October 25 63 %
29 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
Sunday, October 26 71 %
12 mins late
41 mins late
Monday, October 27 66 %
9 mins late
25 mins late
Tuesday, October 28 53 %
22 mins late
47 mins late
Wednesday, October 29 58 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Thursday, October 30 34 %
36 mins late
55 mins late
Friday, October 31 44 %
30 mins late
54 mins late
Average for month 53 %
28 mins late
1 hour late
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Ten-year Monthly Comparison for October . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Ave arrival if late
October 2016 38 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
October 2017 31 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
October 2018 34 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
.October 2019 32 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
October 2020 55 %
30 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
October 2021 39 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
October 2022 35 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
October 2023 50 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
October 2024 42 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
October 2025 53 %
28 mins late
1 hour late
10-year composit average 41 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
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2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 68 % |
| Sunset Limited | 63 % |
| Crescent | 58 % |
| Coast Starlight | 56 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 53 % |
| California Zephyr | 47 % |
| Empire Builder | 47 % |
| Auto Train | 45 % |
| Texas Eagle | 44 % |
| Carolinian | 36 % |
| Palmetto | 36 % |
| Silver Meteor | 34 % |
| Vermonter | 33 % |
| .Southwest Chief | 28 % |
| Maple Leaf | 21 % |
| Cardinal | 18 % |
| Floridian | .17 % |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Lake Shore Limited | 19 mins late |
| Crescent | 24 mins late |
| Vermonter | 24 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 28 mins late |
| Carolinian | 28 mins late |
| Palmetto | 29 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 31 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 42 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 47 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 48 mins late |
| Auto Train | 51 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 2 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 5 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 8 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 21 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 44 mins late |
| Floridian | 1 hour, 50 mins late |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Average Arrival When Late
Vermonter 35 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 39 mins late
Maple Leaf 39 mins late
Carolinian 44 mins late
Palmetto 46 mins late
Crescent 58 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 11 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 19 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 27 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 32 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 34 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 51 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 9 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 9 mins late
Floridian 2 hours, 13 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 24 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 32 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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