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Amtrak sets new ridership record in Michigan

From a Michigan Department of Transportation press release

October 18, 2010 — Amtrak trains in Michigan have set new ridership records for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30 and collected $24.5 million in ticket revenue. The strong performance on the Michigan routes is evidence that passengers are choosing Amtrak more often, and consider train travel in the Great Lakes State a convenient travel option.

In figures for the 2009-2010 fiscal year, 479,782 passengers rode Amtrak Wolverine service trains on the Pontiac/Detroit-Chicago corridor, an increase of 8 percent from the same period a year earlier. Ticket revenue was up by more than 12 percent to $16,909,193.

The Blue Water train on the Port Huron/East Lansing-Chicago route saw an impressive 18.7 percent increase with 157,709 passengers using the Amtrak service in FY10. Ticket revenue was up by 15.3 percent to $4,741,560.

Ridership on the Pere Marquette train on the Grand Rapids-Chicago route experienced a slight drop, attributed to the fact that the New Buffalo station stop was switched from the Pere Marquette to the Wolverine and Blue Water lines in May 2010. Passenger travel was down by just 1.3 percent to 101,907, while ticket revenue rose 3.3 percent to $2,912,070.

“We believe the uptick in passenger rail travel is an indication of a modestly improving business climate, continuing high gasoline prices, and in this new economy, people choosing rail travel closer to home with local and regional destinations,” said State Transportation Director Kirk T. Steudle.

“People have told us through the State Transportation Plan that they value choices, and train travel with its convenience and comfort seems to fit their needs,” he added.

“We thank every passenger for choosing Amtrak to meet their intercity travel needs,” said President and CEO Joseph Boardman. “More and more people see passenger rail as a way to get to where they need to go, and when our front line employees put them first, it helps to bring passengers back for another trip.”

Amtrak operates the Blue Water and Pere Marquette trains under a contract with the Michigan Department of Transportation. At this time, Amtrak does not receive any direct state support for the Wolverine. Michigan is one of 15 states that provide state-supported service.

For a Station Activity Summary Report that shows individual station statistics for fiscal years 2009 and 2010, go to the MDOT Web site for details.

MDOT: Working with our partners at airports, bus systems, marine and rail to find innovative solutions for Michigan’s transportation systems.

Contact:  Janet Foran, MDOT Office of Communications,
foranj@michigan.gov 
517-335-7176
Agency: Transportation

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Amtrak ridership climbs 15 percent in East Lansing

From the Lansing State Journal

Ridership on Amtrak’s Blue Water line picked up this fiscal year as a record number of passengers used the East Lansing stop.

About 58,530 riders boarded or got off the national passenger railroad’s trains in East Lansing during fiscal year 2010 that ended in September. That was up about 15 percent from 50,953 a year earlier, according to statistics released by the Michigan Department of Transportation.

East Lansing’s ridership accounted for 18.6 percent of the 315,418 passengers for the Blue Water line, which runs from Port Huron to Chicago and stops in eight other Michigan cities. The East Lansing train station is located at 1240 S. Harrison Road, near Trowbridge Road.

Overall, the Blue Water line saw an 18.7 percent increase over the fiscal year after experiencing a 2.7 percent drop from 2008 to 2009.

Source: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20101019/NEWS03/310190017/1004/news03/

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Michigan ridership statistics for July 2010

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  NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
                   
  SUMMARIZED FY 2010 MICHIGAN RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE RESULTS*
                   
  COMPARATIVE SUMMARY – MONTH OF JULY 2010 VERSUS 2009
                   
  MONTH  ENDED JULY 31, 2010 VERSUS 2009  *
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
   July   July  Increase/(Decrease)    July   July  Increase/(Decrease)
Corridor/Service  2010  2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 19,475 12,989           6,486 49.9%   $573,678 $444,336  $    129,342 29.1%
                   
Pere Marquette 11,625 10,551           1,074 10.2%   $340,363 $300,777         39,586 13.2%
                     
Wolverine 54,133 44,137           9,996 22.6%   $1,951,460 $1,590,019       361,441 22.7%
Totals 85,233 67,677         17,556 25.9%   $2,865,501 $2,335,132       530,369 22.7%
                        
                   
  TENTH MONTH OF STATE FISCAL YEAR –  PERIOD ENDED JULY 31, 2010
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
Corridor/Service    Year-To-Date JULY 31, Increase/(Decrease)      Year-To-Date JULY 31, Increase/(Decrease)
  2010 2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 127,942 111,090         16,852 15.2%   $3,864,611 $3,383,872  $    480,739 14.2%
                     
Pere Marquette 84,288 85,932          (1,644) -1.9%   $2,408,056 $2,333,939         74,117 3.2%
                         
Wolverine 390,572 369,876         20,696 5.6%   $13,768,054 $12,398,154     1,369,900 11.0%
Totals 602,802 566,898         35,904 6.3%   $20,040,721 $18,115,965     1,924,756 10.6%
                       
                   
                   
                   
* Per July 2010 Ridership and Revenue Report (FY10)              
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Amtrak ridership statistics for July 2010

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July FY10
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget
1 – Acela   258,789 239,627 249,205 +8.0 +3.8 $34,953,246 $31,104,055 $33,144,607 +12.4 +5.5
5 – Northeast Regional   629,243 606,907 610,097 +3.7 +3.1 $40,473,905 $35,982,770 $38,092,916 +12.5 +6.3
99 – Special Trains   50 50 400 0.0 -87.5 $17,700 $15,900 $60,000 +11.3 -70.5
Subtotal   888,082 846,584 859,702 +4.9 +3.3 $75,444,851 $67,102,725 $71,297,523 +12.4 +5.8
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   5,720 4,891 5,157 +16.9 +10.9 $289,714 $239,369 $247,643 +21.0 +17.0
4 – Vermonter   9,928 7,014 7,836 +41.5 +26.7 $573,474 $370,521 $416,510 +54.8 +37.7
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   45,339 33,033 37,269 +37.3 +21.7 $2,701,903 $1,864,677 $2,156,478 +44.9 +25.3
9 – Downeaster   47,173 47,441 44,803 -0.6 +5.3 $713,854 $715,317 $717,682 -0.2 -0.5
12 – New Haven-Springfield   34,368 29,711 27,944 +15.7 +23.0 $1,009,119 $826,774 $833,946 +22.1 +21.0
14 – Keystone   116,513 105,629 108,697 +10.3 +7.2 $2,561,918 $2,102,958 $2,275,295 +21.8 +12.6
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   90,771 82,990 84,798 +9.4 +7.0 $3,457,468 $3,231,012 $3,310,885 +7.0 +4.4
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   62,336 53,827 53,756 +15.8 +16.0 $1,592,334 $1,322,442 $1,406,197 +20.4 +13.2
21 – Hiawatha   77,797 72,721 74,974 +7.0 +3.8 $1,438,099 $1,310,680 $1,394,644 +9.7 +3.1
22 – Wolverine   54,133 44,137 43,035 +22.6 +25.8 $1,951,460 $1,590,019 $1,592,088 +22.7 +22.6
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   26,119 22,250 22,485 +17.4 +16.2 $766,968 $631,191 $634,141 +21.5 +20.9
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   22,921 19,351 19,588 +18.4 +17.0 $557,870 $458,591 $477,578 +21.6 +16.8
29 – Heartland Flyer   12,354 8,662 9,917 +42.6 +24.6 $283,926 $186,902 $230,371 +51.9 +23.2
35 – Pacific Surfliner   263,417 256,410 263,086 +2.7 +0.1 $5,767,150 $5,025,728 $5,686,549 +14.8 +1.4
36 – Cascades   85,973 72,607 86,308 +18.4 -0.4 $3,101,407 $2,127,047 $2,525,826 +45.8 +22.8
37 – Capitol Corridor   141,479 134,746 140,084 +5.0 +1.0 $2,116,266 $1,862,058 $2,131,464 +13.7 -0.7
39 – San Joaquin   98,377 88,505 93,753 +11.2 +4.9 $3,330,050 $2,763,515 $2,968,437 +20.5 +12.2
40 – Adirondack   15,303 12,229 13,806 +25.1 +10.8 $757,544 $610,113 $692,522 +24.2 +9.4
41 – Blue Water   19,475 12,989 12,596 +49.9 +54.6 $573,678 $444,336 $428,605 +29.1 +33.8
46 – Washington-Lynchburg   14,075 – 4,892 – +187.7 $844,857 – $320,605 – +163.5
47 – Washington-Newport News   50,337 47,156 53,304 +6.7 -5.6 $2,847,787 $2,511,868 $3,002,463 +13.4 -5.2
54 – Hoosier State   3,523 3,390 3,988 +3.9 -11.7 $83,830 $76,684 $86,783 +9.3 -3.4
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   22,039 17,537 18,290 +25.7 +20.5 $533,031 $393,050 $452,294 +35.6 +17.9
57 – Pennsylvanian   18,978 18,906 19,706 +0.4 -3.7 $865,232 $759,065 $826,811 +14.0 +4.6
65 – Pere Marquette   11,625 10,551 10,142 +10.2 +14.6 $340,363 $300,777 $286,128 +13.2 +19.0
66 – Carolinian   31,138 28,120 26,314 +10.7 +18.3 $2,058,111 $1,689,007 $1,639,000 +21.9 +25.6
67 – Piedmont   12,654 5,509 10,392 +129.7 +21.8 $208,057 $89,012 $182,011 +133.7 +14.3
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $707,449 $530,143 $599,686 +33.4 +18.0
96 – Special Trains    0 1,403 400 -100.0 -100.0 $0 $379,261 $47,000 -100.0 -100.0
Subtotal   1,393,865 1,241,715 1,297,320 +12.3 +7.4 $42,032,919 $34,412,119 $37,569,642 +22.1 +11.9
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   38,390 36,095 35,222 +6.4 +9.0 $3,193,806 $2,741,723 $2,778,420 +16.5 +15.0
18 – Cardinal   12,117 11,327 10,829 +7.0 +11.9 $768,690 $717,777 $691,301 +7.1 +11.2
19 – Silver Meteor   34,933 31,179 31,059 +12.0 +12.5 $3,769,107 $3,059,599 $3,308,473 +23.2 +13.9
25 – Empire Builder   56,643 56,167 47,496 +0.8 +19.3 $8,179,256 $6,978,160 $7,329,637 +17.2 +11.6
26 – Capitol Ltd.   23,602 21,766 20,835 +8.4 +13.3 $2,203,713 $1,899,607 $1,896,403 +16.0 +16.2
27 – California Zephyr   45,636 33,447 32,598 +36.4 +40.0 $5,859,546 $4,313,531 $4,461,819 +35.8 +31.3
28 – Southwest Chief   42,763 33,236 31,387 +28.7 +36.2 $5,742,089 $4,275,387 $4,559,790 +34.3 +25.9
30 – City of New Orleans   24,885 21,205 20,950 +17.4 +18.8 $2,108,712 $1,751,950 $1,787,402 +20.4 +18.0
32 – Texas Eagle   32,352 28,506 28,125 +13.5 +15.0 $2,769,551 $2,272,092 $2,471,389 +21.9 +12.1
33 – Sunset Ltd.   9,366 8,749 8,652 +7.1 +8.3 $1,186,191 $1,032,255 $1,056,444 +14.9 +12.3
34 – Coast Starlight   47,802 46,884 45,433 +2.0 +5.2 $4,508,189 $3,702,520 $3,813,252 +21.8 +18.2
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   38,923 33,962 33,741 +14.6 +15.4 $3,323,978 $2,696,012 $2,637,109 +23.3 +26.0
48 – Palmetto   20,685 18,189 15,240 +13.7 +35.7 $1,906,192 $1,509,555 $1,356,353 +26.3 +40.5
52 – Crescent   33,124 28,439 29,159 +16.5 +13.6 $3,305,940 $2,655,898 $2,641,342 +24.5 +25.2
63 – Auto Train   23,644 22,419 23,599 +5.5 +0.2 $5,282,052 $4,430,414 $4,921,640 +19.2 +7.3
Subtotal   484,865 431,570 414,325 +12.3 +17.0 $54,107,013 $44,036,480 $45,710,774 +22.9 +18.4
                       
Amtrak Total   2,766,812 2,519,869 2,571,347 +9.8 +7.6 $171,584,782 $145,551,324 $154,577,939 +17.9 +11.0
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Michigan ridership statistics for June 2010

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  NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
                   
  SUMMARIZED FY 2010 MICHIGAN RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE RESULTS*
                   
  COMPARATIVE SUMMARY – MONTH OF JUNE 2010 VERSUS 2009
                   
  MONTH  ENDED JUNE 30, 2010 VERSUS 2009  *
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
   June   June  Increase/(Decrease)    June   June  Increase/(Decrease)
Corridor/Service  2010  2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 13,917 11,132           2,785 25.0%   $393,296 $351,564  $     41,732 11.9%
                   
Pere Marquette 9,053 9,392             (339) -3.6%   $250,503 $243,013           7,490 3.1%
                     
Wolverine 44,272 38,910           5,362 13.8%   $1,510,957 $1,274,392       236,565 18.6%
Total 67,242 59,434 7,808 13.1%   $2,154,756 $1,868,969       285,787 15.3%
                        
                   
  NINTH MONTH OF STATE FISCAL YEAR –  PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2010
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
Corridor/Service    Year-To-Date MAY 31, Increase/(Decrease)      Year-To-Date MAY 31, Increase/(Decrease)
  2010 2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 108,467 98,101         10,366 10.6%   $3,290,933 $2,939,537  $    351,396 12.0%
                     
Pere Marquette 72,663 75,381          (2,718) -3.6%   $2,067,693 $2,033,162         34,531 1.7%
                       
Wolverine 336,439 325,739         10,700 3.3%   $11,816,594 $10,808,135     1,008,459 9.3%
Total 517,569 499,221         18,348 3.7%   $17,175,220 $15,780,834     1,394,386 8.8%
                       
                   
                   
                   
* Per June 2010 Ridership and Revenue Report (FY10)