Amtrak Long-Distance Trains
Performance for week ending September 6, 2026
Thirty-six percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in the week ending September 6, 2026... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 47 minutes late..
Just one percent of long-distance trains this week were truncated and are not included in this week's data. Only those trains that operated their full end-to-end run are calculated.
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This Week'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 (2 of 6 runs truncated)
Texas Eagle .
Vermonter .
COMPOSITE - (Long-DistanceTrains, Week Ending September 6, 2026)
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Daily performance
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
Monday, August 31 29 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
Tuesday, September 1 47 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
Wednesday, September 2 38 %
1 hour, 2 mins late
1 hour, 40 mins late
Thursday, September 3 15 %
1 hour, 56 mins late
2 hours, 17 mins late
Friday, September 4 26 %
1 hour, 42 mins late
2 hours, 19 mins late
Saturday, September 5 36 %
1 hour, 11 mins late
1 hour, 51 mins late
Sunday, September 6 62 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 36 mins late
MULTI-WEEK PERFORMANCE:
Week ending . . .
Pct on-time arrival
Overall avg arrival
Avg arrival if late
September 7, 2025 49 %
37 mins late
1 hour, 12 mins late
September 14, 2025 52 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
September 21, 2025 50 %
38 mins late
1 hour, 17 mins late
September 28, 2025 46 %
30 mins late
57 mins late
October 5, 2025 56 %
30 mins late
1 hour, 7 mins late
October 12, 2025 50 %
33 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
October 19, 2025 52 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 6 mins late
October 26, 2025 56 %
24 mins late
54 mins late
November 2, 2025 58 %
23 mins late
56 mins late
November 9, 2025 52 %
27 mins late
57 mins late
November 16, 2025 54 %
34 mins late
1 hour, 14 mins late
November 23, 2025 52 %
22 mins late
46 mins late
November 30, 2025 53 %
25 mins late
52 mins late
December 7, 2025 45 %
42 mins late
1 hour, 15 mins late
December 14, 2025 52 %
28 mins late
58 mins late
December 21, 2025 41 %
56 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
December 28, 2025 60 %
19 mins late
49 mins late
January 4, 2026 53 %
31 mins late
1 hour, 8 mins late
January 11, 2026 62 %
17 mins late
45 mins late
January 18, 2026 61 %
25 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
January 25, 2026 44 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 43 mins late
February 1, 2026 41 %
53 mins late
1 hour, 30 mins late
February 8, 2026 47 %
45 mins late
1 hour, 25 mins late
February 15, 2026 50 %
36 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
February 22, 2026 50 %
48 mins late
1 hour, 36 mins late
March 1, 2026 45 %
44 mins late
1 hour, 20 mins late
March 8, 2026 49 %
32 mins late
1 hour, 2 mins late
March 15, 2026 38 %
58 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
March 22, 2026 46 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
March 29, 2026 53 %
40 mins late
1 hour, 23 mins late
April 5, 2026 52 %
30 mins late
1 hour, 3 mins late
April 12, 2026 51 %
29 mins late
59 mins late
April 19, 2026 42 %
33 mins late
56 mins late
April 26, 2026 50 %
26 mins late
52 mins late
May 3, 2026 45 %
32 mins late
59 mins late
May 10, 2026 37 %
41 mins late
1 hour, 5 mins late
May 17, 2026 40 %
43 mins late
1 hour, 13 mins late
May 24, 2026 32 %
1 hour, 6 mins late
1 hour, 37 mins late
May 31, 2026 40 %
57 mins late
1 hour, 35 mins late
June 7, 2026 33 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 29 mins late
June 14, 2026 26 %
1 hour, 24 mins late
1 hour, 53 mins late
June 21, 2026 28 %
1 hour, 13 mins late
1 hour, 42 mins late
June 28, 2026 36 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 33 mins late
July 5, 2026 28 %
1 hour, 28 mins late
2 hours, 2 mins late
July 12, 2026 26 %
1 hour, 20 mins late
1 hour, 48 mins late
July 19, 2026 25 %
1 hour, 16 mins late
1 hour, 41 mins late
July 26, 2026 33 %
1 hour late
1 hour, 30 mins late
August 2, 2026 28 %
1 hour, 7 mins late
1 hour, 33 mins late
August 9, 2026 27 %
1 hour, 21 mins late
1 hour, 51 mins late
August 16, 2026 27 %
1 hour, 25 mins late
1 hour, 56 mins late
August 23, 2026 30 %
1 hour, 25 mins late
2 hours, 1 min late
August 30, 2026 34 %
50 mins late
1 hour, 16 mins late
September 6, 2026 36 %
1 hour, 8 mins late
1 hour, 47 mins late
2026 Year-to-Date Standings - Percentage On-Time Arrival
Train |
Pct on time arrival |
| Coast Starlight | 57 % |
| Sunset Limited | 56 % |
| Crescent | 54 % |
| California Zephyr | 52 % |
| Texas Eagle | 52 % |
| Auto Train | 51 % |
| City of New Orleans | 48 % |
| Lake Shore Limited | 48 % |
| Palmetto | 41 % |
| Empire Builder | 39 % |
| Silver Meteor | 35 % |
| Vermonter | 34 % |
| Carolinian | 31 % |
| .Cardinal | 25 % |
| Southwest Chief | 25 % |
| Maple Leaf | 18 % |
| Floridian | 15 % |
2026 Year-to-Date Standings - Overall Average Arrival
Train |
Overall Average Arrival |
| Vermonter | 18 mins late |
| Palmetto | 26 mins late |
| Carolinian | 29 mins late |
| Lake Shore Limited | 30 mins late |
| Coast Starlight | 33 mins late |
| Crescent | 34 mins late |
| Maple Leaf | 34 mins late |
| Auto Train | 37 mins late |
| City of New Orleans | 51 mins late |
| Silver Meteor | 51 mins late |
| California Zephyr | 1 hour, 1 min late |
| Texas Eagle | 1 hour, 1 min late |
| Sunset Limited | 1 hour, 2 mins late |
| Empire Builder | 1 hour. 14 mins late |
| Cardinal | 1 hour, 21 mins late |
| Southwest Chief | 1 hour, 34 mins late |
| Floridian | 2 hours, 24 mins late |
2026 Year-to-Date Standings - Average Arrival When Late
Train
Average Arrival When Late
Vermonter 27 mins late
Carolinian 42 mins late
Maple Leaf 42 mins late
Palmetto 43 mins late
Lake Shore Limited 59 mins late
Crescent 1 hour, 14 mins late
Auto Train 1 hour, 16 mins late
Coast Starlight 1 hour, 17 mins late
Silver Meteor 1 hour, 19 mins late
City of New Orleans 1 hour, 39 mins late
Cardinal 1 hour, 48 mins late
Empire Builder 2 hours, 1 min late
Southwest Chief 2 hours, 5 mins late
Texas Eagle 2 hours, 8 mins late
California Zephyr 2 hours, 9 mins late
Sunset Limited 2 hours, 21 mins late
Floridian 2 hours, 49 mins late
ABOUT THESE REPORTS:
This is strictly a 'statistical study.' It harmonizes actual performance into an average, and is intended to evaluate operation of the respective trains on their particular end-to-end route at destination over a specified period. The performance of each train on a specific run is a single statistic within itself. Always consider traveling by Amtrak as an adventure! . . . (Anything can happen!)
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 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 routinely reported by Amtrak.
No consideration is given to the impact of late departures from originating points impacting subsequent late arrivals at destination, and not 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 specific causes for delay, or to apply responsibility to any of the host carriers involved en route.
Trains that are truncated, annulled, originated or terminated at an intermediate station, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.
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