Amtrak
Amtrak on-time performance by line
On-time record of 43 Amtrak lines, from 8,692 trips that reached their final stop in the last 30 days. The Adirondack has the best record at 89.8% on time; the Heartland Flyer has the worst at 14%.
Lines, best on-time share first
Trips that reached their final stop. Measured window: Oct 11 to Nov 9, the last 30 days. On-time threshold: 5 minutes; Amtrak uses 10-15 minutes. Columns: share of trips within 5 minutes (On time), 10 (Amtrak's threshold), 15, and 30 or more late. Lines with fewer than 15 measured trips are left out.
| Line | On time | 10 min | 15 min | 30+ late | Avg late | Trips |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adirondack | 89.8% | 89.8% | 91.5% | 6.8% | -19 min | 59 |
| Hiawatha | 72.9% | 85.4% | 90.1% | 6.7% | 4 min | 343 |
| Keystone | 71.6% | 83.8% | 90.6% | 3.5% | 4 min | 679 |
| Capitol Corridor | 70.4% | 79.5% | 83.9% | 9.6% | 9 min | 803 |
| Empire Builder | 69.6% | 73.2% | 76.8% | 17.9% | 6 min | 112 |
| California Zephyr | 69.6% | 69.6% | 69.6% | 30.4% | 10 min | 56 |
| Silver Meteor | 67.7% | 70.8% | 73.8% | 20% | -7 min | 65 |
| Crescent | 67.3% | 78.2% | 81.8% | 14.5% | -1 min | 55 |
| Carl Sandburg | 66.1% | 81.4% | 86.4% | 5.1% | 4 min | 59 |
| Mardi Gras Service | 65.2% | 75.7% | 79.1% | 11.3% | 11 min | 115 |
| Lincoln Service | 63.1% | 69.9% | 81.3% | 10.8% | 8 min | 176 |
| Empire Service | 62.5% | 76% | 83.7% | 8.4% | 5 min | 533 |
| Acela | 59.7% | 72.5% | 80% | 8.5% | 10 min | 484 |
| Blue Water | 57.6% | 64.4% | 69.5% | 22% | 19 min | 59 |
| Vermonter | 57.5% | 73.6% | 78.3% | 7.5% | 8 min | 106 |
| Lake Shore Limited | 57.3% | 61.2% | 67% | 21.4% | 19 min | 103 |
| Wolverine | 56.9% | 64.9% | 75.4% | 17.1% | 17 min | 211 |
| Saluki | 56.7% | 66.7% | 75% | 20% | 11 min | 60 |
| Texas Eagle | 56% | 62% | 64% | 32% | 35 min | 50 |
| Cardinal | 56% | 64% | 68% | 20% | 4 min | 25 |
| Floridian | 55.8% | 57.7% | 59.6% | 36.5% | 26 min | 52 |
| San Joaquins | 52% | 62.2% | 70.2% | 20.7% | 21 min | 410 |
| Carolinian | 50.7% | 54.9% | 63.4% | 32.4% | 21 min | 71 |
| Northeast Regional | 50.6% | 65.4% | 73.6% | 15% | 15 min | 1604 |
| Downeaster | 49.3% | 64.2% | 73.3% | 12.2% | 12 min | 296 |
| Sunset Limited | 47.6% | 52.4% | 52.4% | 38.1% | 74 min | 21 |
| Ethan Allen Express | 43.9% | 52.6% | 68.4% | 12.3% | 8 min | 57 |
| Missouri River Runner | 42.4% | 57.6% | 78% | 5.1% | 10 min | 59 |
| Borealis | 41.7% | 56.7% | 60% | 20% | 19 min | 60 |
| Amtrak Cascades | 37.9% | 53% | 64% | 20.2% | 19 min | 406 |
| Pennsylvanian | 37.3% | 57.6% | 67.8% | 13.6% | 14 min | 59 |
| Illinois Zephyr | 33.3% | 56.1% | 64.9% | 15.8% | 16 min | 57 |
| Palmetto | 33.3% | 38.9% | 38.9% | 44.4% | 33 min | 36 |
| City of New Orleans | 31% | 41.4% | 43.1% | 51.7% | 50 min | 58 |
| Piedmont | 29.7% | 46.6% | 57.6% | 22.5% | 21 min | 236 |
| Lincoln River Runner | 27.6% | 37.9% | 43.1% | 34.5% | 38 min | 58 |
| Coast Starlight | 26.8% | 30.4% | 32.1% | 60.7% | 79 min | 56 |
| Auto Train | 22% | 26% | 26% | 68% | 110 min | 50 |
| Illini | 20.7% | 36.2% | 39.7% | 36.2% | 28 min | 58 |
| Pacific Surfliner | 18.1% | 26.5% | 32.9% | 52.7% | 40 min | 675 |
| Maple Leaf | 17.9% | 17.9% | 17.9% | 48.2% | 28 min | 56 |
| Southwest Chief | 17% | 17% | 19.1% | 78.7% | 197 min | 47 |
| Heartland Flyer | 14% | 21.1% | 26.3% | 43.9% | 30 min | 57 |
43 lines measured. LiveTrainTracker is not affiliated with Amtrak; Amtrak publishes its own on-time figures with its own thresholds.