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Amtrak Long-Distance Trains

Performance for June 2026

Thirty-two percent of Amtrak's named long-distance trains arrived at their scheduled final destination on time or earlier in June 2026... The remaining trains, on average, arrived one hour and 40 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, Month of June 2026)

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Ten-Year Monthly Comparison for June . . .

 10-year comparison

 Pct on-time arrival

 Overall avg arrival

 Ave arrival if late

 June 2017

 20 %

 1 hour, 13 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 June 2018

 19 %

 1 hour, 27 mins late

 1 hour, 47 mins late

 June 2019

 21 %

 1 hour, 24 mins late

 1 hour, 47 mins late

.June 2020

 58 %

 29 mins late

 1 hour, 9 mins late

 June 2021

 39 %

 1 hour late

 1 hour, 37 mins late

 June 2022

 23 %

 1 hour, 39 mins late

 2 hours, 9 mins late

 June 2023

 35 %

 53 mins late

 1 hour, 21 mins late

 June 2024

 30 %

 1 hour, 5 mins late

 1 hour, 33 mins late

 June 2025

 32 %

 1 hour, 3 mins late

 1 hour, 32 mins late

 June 2026

 32 %

 1 hour, 8 mins late

 1 hour, 40 mins late

 10-year composit average

 31 %

1 hour, 8 mins late

 1 hour, 37 mins late

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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 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.

This is strictly a 'statistical study.' It harmonizes actual performance into an average, and is intended to evaluate operation of the respective trains over their particular route in 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!)

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 causes for delay, or to statistically apply responsibility to any of the host carriers involved en route.

Trains that are truncated, annulled, originated or terminated at an en route station, or reported with incomplete or ambiguous data are excluded from the survey.

 

 

 

 

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