Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending May 11, 2025
Thirty-seven percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending May 11, 2025... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 12 minutes late.
Ninety-seven percent of long-distance trains operated their scheduled end-to-end route this week. The remaining trains were truncated and are not included in this week's data.
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This Week's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train .
California Zephyr .
Cardinal .
Carolinian (2 of 14 runs truncated)
City of New Orleans (1 of 14 runs truncated)
Coast Starlight .
Crescent .
Empire Builder .
Floridian .
Lake Shore Limited .
Maple Leaf .
Palmetto .
Silver Meteor .
Southwest Chief .
Sunset Limited .
Texas Eagle (5 of 14 runs truncated)
Vermonter .
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, Week Ending May 11, 2025)
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Daily performance
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Monday, May 5 44 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 4 mins late
Tuesday, May 6 29 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
Wednesday, May 7 30 %
36 mins late
51 mins late
Thursday, May 8 45 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
Friday, May 9 40 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
Saturday, May 10 35 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
Sunday, May 11 36 %
30 mins late
47 mins late
MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:
Week ending . . .
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
May 12, 2024 42 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
May 19, 2024 41 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
May 26, 2024 34 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 38 mins late
June 2, 2024 38 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
June 9, 2024 27 %
1 hour, 16 mins late
1 hour, 44 mins late
June 16, 2024 35 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 32 mins late
June 23, 2024 26 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
June 30, 2024 30 %
1 hour, 17 mins late
1 hour, 49 mins late
July 7, 2024 35 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 19 mins late
July 14, 2024 27 %
1 hour, 25 mins late
1 hour, 56 mins late
July 21, 2024 28 %
1 hour, 14 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
July 28, 2024 36 %
1 hour, 12 mins late
1 hour, 52 mins late
August 4, 2024 34 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
August 11, 2024 34 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
August 18, 2024 45 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 22 mins late
August 25, 2024 36 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
September 1, 2024 43 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
September 8, 2024 61 %
26 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
September 15, 2024 53 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
September 22, 2024 50 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
September 29, 2024 48 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
October 6, 2024 38 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
October 13, 2024 41 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
October 20, 2024 42 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
October 27, 2024 45 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
November 3, 2024 47 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
November 10, 2024 48 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
November 17, 2024 41 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
November 24, 2024 48 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
December 1, 2024 47 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
December 8, 2024 45 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 9 mins late
December 15, 2024 41 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 1 min late
December 22, 2024 42 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
December 29, 2024 49 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
January 5, 2025 69 %
14 mins late
47 mins late
January 12, 2025 40 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
January 19, 2025 50 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
January 26, 2025 35 %
1 hour, 12 mins late
1 hour, 50 mins late
February 2, 2025 47 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
February 9, 2025 46 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
2 hours, 3 mins late
February 16, 2025 44 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
February 23, 2025 36 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
March 2, 2025 44 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 39 mins late
March 9, 2025 49 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
March 16, 2025 39 %
59 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
March 23, 2025 41 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 46 mins late
March 30, 2025 44 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
April 6, 2025 38 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
April 13, 2025 42 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
April 20, 2025 45 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
April 27, 2025 49 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 4 mins late
May 4, 2025 34 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
May 11, 2025 37 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 69 % |
| California Zephyr | 60 % |
| Crescent | 59 % |
| Sunset Limited | 59 % |
| Coast Starlight | 52 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 52 % |
| Empire Builder | 47 % |
| Southwest Chief | 46 % |
| Texas Eagle | 46 % |
| Vermonter | 39 % |
| Carolinian | 36 % |
| Maple Leaf | 35 % |
| Palmetto | 35 % |
| Silver Meteor | 32 % |
| Auto Train | 31 % |
| Floridian | 20 % |
| Cardinal | .11 % |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Vermonter | 16 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 20 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 22 mins late |
| Crescent | 24 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 27 mins late |
| Carolinian | 27 mins late |
| Palmetto | 27 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 45 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 50 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 5 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 1 hour, 5 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 5 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 7 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 12 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 12 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 12 mins late |
| Floridian | 1 hour, 43 mins late |
2025-Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Average Arrival When Late
Vermonter 27 mins late
Maple Leaf 34 mins late
Palmetto 41 mins late
Carolinian 42 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 43 mins late
Crescent 1 hour late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 6 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 20 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 27 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 34 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 43 mins late
Texas Eagle 2 hours, 3 mins late
Floridian 2 hours, 8 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 13 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 14 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 39 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 42 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 apply a grace allowance on top of that padding to bolster the presumption of 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 following late origination. 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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