Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for first half of 2025
Forty-one percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the first six months of 2025... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 27 minutes late.
First Half 2025 Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 68 % |
| Sunset Limited | 60 % |
| Coast Starlight | 55 % |
| Crescent | 55 % |
| California Zephyr | 53 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 52 % |
| Empire Builder | 50 % |
| Texas Eagle | 45 % |
| Southwest Chief | 40 % |
| Vermonter | 35 % |
| Carolinian | 32 % |
| Auto Train | 29 % |
| Palmetto | 29 % |
| Silver Meteor | 29 % |
| Maple Leaf | 28 % |
| Floridian | 15 % |
| Cardinal | .14 % |
First Half 2025 Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Lake Shore Limited | 19 mins late |
| Vermonter | 24 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 26 mins late |
| Crescent | 28 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 29 mins late |
| Carolinian | 29 mins late |
| Palmetto | 35 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 45 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 49 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 58 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 3 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 9 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 11 mins late |
| Auto Train | 1 hour, 11 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 13 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 21 mins late |
| Floridian | 2 hours, 6 mins late |
First Half 2025 Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Average Arrival When Late
Maple Leaf 36 mins late
Vermonter 37 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 40 mins late
Carolinian 43 mins late
Palmetto 49 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 2 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 10 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 25 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 32 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 39 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 40 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 5 mins late
Texas Eagle 2 hours, 5 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 14 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 24 mins late
Floridian 2 hours, 28 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 31 mins late
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, First Half of 2025)
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Monthly performance
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
Six-month average 41 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 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 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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