Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for February 2026
Forty-seven percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in February 2026... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 25 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, February 2026)
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Ten-Year Monthly Comparison for February . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Ave arrival if late
February 2017 40 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
February 2018 37 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 27 mins late
February 2019 39 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 59 mins late
.February 2020 48 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 26 mins late
February 2021 46 %
1 hour, 3 mins late
1 hour, 56 mins late
February 2022 46 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 29 mins late
February 2023 44 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
February 2024 49 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
February 2025 43 %
54 mins late
1 hour, 34 mins late
February 2026 47 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
10-year composit average 44 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 32 mins late
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2026 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| Sunset Limited | 81 % |
| City of New Orleans | 79 % |
| Texas Eagle | 76 % |
| California Zephyr | 68 % |
| Crescemt | 62 % |
| Auto Train | 61 % |
| Silver Meteor | 60 % |
| Empire Builder | 59 % |
| Palmetto | 59 % |
| Coast Starlight | 56 % |
| Carolinian | 44 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 42 % |
| Cardinal | 36 % |
| .Floridian | 31 % |
| Southwest Chief | 30 % |
| Vermonter | 28 % |
| Maple Leaf | 12 % |
2026 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Vermonter | 14 mins late |
| Crescent | 16 mins late |
| Palmetto | 16 mins late |
| Carolinian | 17 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 19 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 24 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 28 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 31 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 36 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 42 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 42 mins late |
| Auto Train | 46 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 46 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 52 mins late |
| Cardinal | 53 mins late |
| Floridian | 1 hour, 14 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 24 mins late |
2026 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Average Arrival When Late
Vermonter 20 mins late
Carolinian 30 mins late
Palmetto 39 mins late
Crescent 41 mins late
Maple Leaf 47 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 18 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 1 hour, 20 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 21 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 23 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 34 mins late
Texas Eagle 1 hour, 38 mins late
Floridian 1 hour, 47 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 56 mins late
Southwest Chief 1 hour, 59 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 8 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 10 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 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 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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