Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for February 2024
Forty-nine percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in February 2024... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and seven minutes late.
Date
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Thursday, February 1 38 %
29 mins late
47 mins late
Friday, February 2 36 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 11 mins late
Saturday, February 3 47 %
22 mins late
42 mins late
Sunday, February 4 51 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Monday, February 5 73 %
18 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
Tuesday, February 6 57 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 54 mins late
Wednesday, February 7 41 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 4 mins late
Thursday, February 8 47 %
22 mins late
42 mins late
Friday, February 9 36 %
1 hour, 5 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
Saturday, February 10 49 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
2 hours late
Sunday, February 11 50 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 21 mins late
Monday, February 12 60 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 38 mins late
Tuesday, February 13 45 %
31 mins late
57 mins late
Wednesday, February 14 53 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Thursday, February 15 48 %
23 mins late
45 mins late
Friday, February 16 39 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
Saturday, February 17 28 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
Sunday, February 18 39 %
29 mins late
48 mins late
Monday, February 19 53 %
27 mins late
58 mins late
Tuesday, February 20 65 %
21 mins late
58 mins late
Wednesday, February 21 56 %
28 mins late
1 hour, 4 mins late
Thursday, February 22 61 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
Friday, February 23 39 %
28 mins late
45 mins late
Saturday, February 24 60 %
22 mins late
55 mins late
Sunday, February 25 50 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
Monday, February 26 46 %
33 mins late
1 hour late
Tuesday, February 27 64 %
20 mins late
1 hour late
Wednesday, February 28 35 %
33 mins late
51 mins late
Thursday, February 29 59 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
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Composite for Month 49 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
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This Month's Performance of Individual Trains . . . .
Auto Train
California Zephyr
Capitol Limited
Cardinal
Carolinian
City of New Orleans
Coast Starlight
Crescent
Empire Builder
Lake Shore Limited
Maple Leaf
Palmetto
Silver Meteor
Silver Star
Southwest Chief
Sunset Limited
Texas Eagle
Vermonter
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, February 2024)
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Ten-year comparison for February . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
February 2015 38 %
1 hour, 1 min late
1 hour, 40 mins late
February 2016 50 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins 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
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Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on-time arrival |
| City of New Orleans | 77 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 67 % |
| Texas Eagle | 67 % |
| Sunset Limited | 63 % |
| Capitol Limited | 59 % |
| Vermonter | 57 % |
| Auto Train | 55 % |
| Silver Meteor | 51 % |
| Empire Builder | 47 % |
| Palmetto | 47 % |
| Maple Leaf | 45 % |
| Coast Starlight | 43 % |
| Silver Star | 43 % |
| Crescent | 42 % |
| .Carolinian | 37 % |
| California Zephyr | 36 % |
| Cardinal | 35 % |
| Southwest Chief | 27 % |
Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall avg arrival |
| Maple Leaf | 10 mins late |
| Vermonter | 11 mins late |
| Texas Eagle | 18 mins late |
| Auto Train | 18 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 19 mins late |
| Capitol Limited | 24 mins late |
| Palmetto | 24 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 26 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 26 mins late |
| Crescent | 26 mins late |
| Carolinian | 29 mins late |
| Sunset Limited | 32 mins late |
| Silver Star | 46 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 50 mins late |
| Cardinal | 52 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour, 3 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 33 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 43 mins late |
Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Avg arrival when late
Maple Leaf 18 mins late
Vermonter 27 mins late
Auto Train 40 mins late
Palmetto 44 mins late
Crescent 45 mins late
Carolinian 46 mins late
Silver Meteor 54 mins late
Texas Eagle 56 mins late
Capitol Limited 58 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 1 hour, 18 mins late
Silver Star 1 hour, 21 mins late
.Cardinal 1 hour, 21 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 26 mins late
Sunset Limited 1 hour, 27 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 27 mins late
Empire Builder 1 hour, 59 mins late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 8 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 41 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 on-time reporting. Accordingly, these reports offer a more realistic analysis than what is reported by Amtrak. (Data only apply 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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