Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for 2025
Forty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in 2025... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 23 minutes late.
This Year's Performance by Month . . . .
Month |
Pct on-time arrival |
Overall avg arrival |
Avg arrival if late |
| January 2025 | 47 % |
47 mins late |
1 hour, 29 mins late |
| February 2025 | 43 % |
54 mins late |
1 hour, 34 mins late |
| March 2025 | 43 % |
51 mins late |
1 hour, 30 mins late |
| April 2025 | 43 % |
41 mins late |
1 hour, 12 mins late |
| May 2025 | 37 % |
53 mins late |
1 hour, 24 mins late |
| June 2025 | 32 % |
1 hour, 3 mins late |
1 hour, 32 mins late |
| July 2025 | 30 % |
1 hour, 11 mins late |
1 hour, 41 mins late |
| August 2025 | 36 % |
1 hour, 1 min late |
1 hour, 35 mins late |
| September 2025 | 49 % |
36 mins late |
1 hour, 11 mins late |
| October 2025 | 53 % |
28 mins late |
1 hour late |
| November 2025 | 54 % |
26 mins late |
58 mins late |
| December 2025 | 49 % |
37 mins late |
1 hour, 13 mins late |
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains in 2025)
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2025 Full Year Standings Per Train - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 69.1 % |
| Sunset Limited | 65.9 % |
| Crescent | 61.4 % |
| Coast Starlight | 56.4 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 53.1 % |
| Auto Train | 50.3 % |
| California Zephyr | 50.1 % |
| Empire Builder | 48.9 % |
| Texas Eagle | 45.8 % |
| Palmetto | 40.4 % |
| Carolinian | 38.2 % |
| Silver Meteor | 34.9 % |
| Vermonter | 30.2 % |
| .Southwest Chief | 28.6 % |
| Maple Leaf | 20.0 % |
| Cardinal | 19.7 % |
| Floridian | 19.6 % |
2025 Full Year Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Lake Shore Limited | 20 mins late |
| Vermonter | 23 mins late |
| Crescent | 23 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 25 mins late |
| Carolinian | 26 mins late |
| Palmetto | 26 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 30 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 39 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 41 mins late |
| Auto Train | 44 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 44 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 55 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 1 min late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 8 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 11 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 38 mins late |
| Floridian | 1 hour, 45 mins late |
2025 Full Year Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train |
Average Arrival When Late |
| Vermonter | 32 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 38 mins late |
| Carolinian | 42 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 43 mins late |
| Palmetto | 44 mins late |
| Crescent | 59 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 1 hour, 8 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 16 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 1 hour, 22 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 28 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 1 hour, 30 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 42 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 2 hours late |
| Floridian | 2 hours, 11 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 2 hours, 12 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 2 hours, 18 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 2 hours, 23 mins late |
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains in 2025)
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Ten-Year Annual Comparison . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Ave arrival if late
2016
40 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
2017
30 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 27 mins late
2018
31 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 36 mins late
.2019
33 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
2020
56 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
2021
41 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
2022
34 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
2023
43 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
2024
43 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
2025
43 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
10-year composit average
39 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 26 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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