Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for January 2026
Fifty-five percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in January 2026... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 13 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, January 2026)
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Ten-Year Monthly Comparison for January . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Ave arrival if late
January 2017 35 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 32 mins late
January 2018 37 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
January 2019 43 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
.January 2020 64 %
25 mins late
1 hour, 10 mins late
January 2021 59 %
28 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
January 2022 44 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
January 2023 52 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
January 2024 52 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
January 2025 47 %
47 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
January 2026 55 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
10-year composit average 49 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
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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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