Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for 2024
Forty-three percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in 2024... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 22 minutes late.
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This Year's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train
California Zephyr
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian
City of New Orleans
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder
Floridian
Lake Shore Limited
Maple Leaf
Palmetto
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
This Year's Performance by Month . . . .
Month
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
January 2024 52 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
February 2024 49 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
March 2024 48 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
April 2024 40 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
May 2024 39 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 28 mins late
June 2024 30 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
July 2024 32 %
1 hour, 9 mins late
1 hour, 40 mins late
August 2024 38 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
September 2024 53 %
35 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
October 2024 42 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
November 2024 46 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
December 2024 46 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains in the Year 2024)
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Year 2024 Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 81 % |
| Sunset Limited | 64 % |
| Capitol Limited | 59 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 57 % |
| Empire Builder | 48 % |
| Texas Eagle | 48 % |
| California Zephyr | 47 % |
| Auto Train | 46 % |
| Crescent | 46 % |
| Coast Starlight | 45 % |
| Maple Leaf | 36 % |
| .Palmetto | 34 % |
| Vermonter | 31 % |
| Cardinal | 31 % |
| Silver Meteor | 29 % |
| Silver Star | 24 % |
| Southwest Chief | 22 % |
| Carolinian | 21 % |
| Floridian | 20 % |
Year 2024 Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Avg arrival when late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 18 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 18 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 19 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 20 mins late |
| Vermonter | 23 mins late |
| Palmetto | 33 mins late |
| Crescent | 39 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 44 mins late |
| Carolinian | 48 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 53 mins late |
| Auto Train | 53 mins late |
| .Coast Starlight | 54 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 54 mins late |
| Cardinal | 58 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 1 hour, 2 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 8 mins late |
| Silver Star | 1 hour, 14 mins late |
| Floridian | 1 hour, 24 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 55 mins late |
Year 2024 Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Avg arrival when late
Maple Leaf 30 mins late
Vermonter 34 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 41 mins late
Palmetto 49 mins late
Capitol Limited 49 mins late
Carolinian 1 hour, 1 min late
Crescent 1 hour, 12 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 25 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 28 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 36 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 38 mins late
.Coast Starlight 1 hour, 38 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 38 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 42 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 44 mins late
Floridian 1 hour, 45 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 3 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 9 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 28 mins late
Nine-year annual comparison . . .
Year
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg 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
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 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.
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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