Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for October 2026
Forty (40) percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in October 2026... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 31 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, October 2026)
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Ten-year comparison for October . . .
10-year comparison
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Ave arrival if late
October 2017 31 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
October 2018 34 %
49 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
October 2019 32 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
October 2020 55 %
30 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
October 2021 39 %
52 mins late
1 hour, 24 mins late
October 2022 35 %
51 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
October 2023 50 %
39 mins late
1 hour, 18 mins late
October 2024 42 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
October 2025 53 %
28 mins late
1 hour late
October 2026 40 %
55 mins late
1 hour, 31 mins late
10-year September avg 41 %
46 mins late
1 hour, 16 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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