Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for November 2025
Fifty-four percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in November 2025... The remaining trains, on average, arrived 58 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, November 2025)
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Ten-Year Monthly Comparison for November . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Ave arrival if late
November 2016 38 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
November 2017 33 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
November 2018 32 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 48 mins late
.November 2019 42 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
November 2020 54 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
November 2021 43 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
November 2022 40 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
November 2023 47 %
30 mins late
57 mins late
November 2024 46 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
November 2025 54 %
26 mins late
58 mins late
10-year composit average 43 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
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2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 69 % |
| Sunset Limited | 65 % |
| Crescent | 59 % |
| Coast Starlight | 56 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 54 % |
| California Zephyr | 49 % |
| Empire Builder | 49 % |
| Auto Train | 47 % |
| Texas Eagle | 45 % |
| Palmetto | 39 % |
| Carolinian | 38 % |
| Silver Meteor | 34 % |
| Vermonter | 31 % |
| .Southwest Chief | 29 % |
| Maple Leaf | 21 % |
| Cardinal | 19 % |
| Floridian | .19 % |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Lake Shore Limited | 18 mins late |
| Vermonter | 23 mins late |
| Crescent | 24 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 26 mins late |
| Palmetto | 27 mins late |
| Carolinian | 27 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 30 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 41 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 45 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 45 mins late |
| Auto Train | 47 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 59 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 4 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 5 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 15 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 38 mins late |
| Floridian | 1 hour, 48 mins late |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Average Arrival When Late
Vermonter 33 mins late
Maple Leaf 38 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 39 mins late
Carolinian 43 mins late
Palmetto 45 mins late
Crescent 1 hour late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 9 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 19 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 25 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 30 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 32 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 47 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 6 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 6 mins late
Floridian 2 hours, 13 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 18 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 27 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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