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Ridership statistics

Amtrak ridership stats Oct. 2009-Mar. 2010

October-March FY10
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget
1 – Acela   1,565,257 1,520,497 1,480,363 +2.9 +5.7 $213,167,646 $211,287,243 $205,801,678 +0.9 +3.6
5 – Northeast Regional   3,505,018 3,348,829 3,222,222 +4.7 +8.8 $222,931,136 $216,402,377 $208,901,018 +3.0 +6.7
99 – Special Trains   5,230 3,930 5,250 +33.1 -0.4 $475,300 $659,199 $582,000 -27.9 -18.3
Subtotal   5,075,505 4,873,256 4,707,835 +4.2 +7.8 $436,574,082 $428,348,819 $415,284,696 +1.9 +5.1
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   23,195 22,772 21,846 +1.9 +6.2 $1,161,675 $1,169,733 $1,125,222 -0.7 +3.2
4 – Vermonter   41,431 37,590 36,290 +10.2 +14.2 $2,288,140 $2,089,688 $2,028,140 +9.5 +12.8
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   171,965 162,339 159,335 +5.9 +7.9 $9,844,305 $9,321,737 $9,194,305 +5.6 +7.1
9 – Downeaster   216,598 213,654 220,253 +1.4 -1.7 $2,970,633 $2,913,432 $3,068,082 +2.0 -3.2
12 – New Haven-Springfield   177,160 158,829 152,145 +11.5 +16.4 $4,913,372 $4,611,462 $4,440,233 +6.5 +10.7
14 – Keystone   631,446 606,347 592,082 +4.1 +6.6 $13,440,589 $12,726,258 $12,471,790 +5.6 +7.8
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   473,136 447,804 442,650 +5.7 +6.9 $18,733,639 $18,166,260 $18,015,535 +3.1 +4.0
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   261,552 234,337 237,176 +11.6 +10.3 $6,122,878 $5,245,464 $5,338,751 +16.7 +14.7
21 – Hiawatha   365,079 348,422 346,987 +4.8 +5.2 $6,574,786 $6,300,874 $6,310,453 +4.3 +4.2
22 – Wolverine   209,091 214,093 212,827 -2.3 -1.8 $7,432,327 $7,194,683 $7,196,670 +3.3 +3.3
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   130,158 133,042 133,325 -2.2 -2.4 $3,848,556 $3,721,309 $3,741,784 +3.4 +2.9
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   98,829 98,623 98,752 +0.2 +0.1 $2,408,378 $2,289,415 $2,300,887 +5.2 +4.7
29 – Heartland Flyer   33,696 33,850 33,683 -0.5 +0.0 $739,361 $737,330 $737,638 +0.3 +0.2
35 – Pacific Surfliner   1,203,171 1,203,450 1,187,569 -0.0 +1.3 $21,952,158 $21,002,602 $21,648,650 +4.5 +1.4
36 – Cascades   384,692 329,616 366,480 +16.7 +5.0 $11,865,821 $9,245,707 $10,464,407 +28.3 +13.4
37 – Capitol Corridor   751,174 798,953 781,736 -6.0 -3.9 $10,967,505 $10,983,572 $11,463,578 -0.1 -4.3
39 – San Joaquin   465,276 441,245 435,792 +5.4 +6.8 $14,588,717 $13,571,886 $13,998,339 +7.5 +4.2
40 – Adirondack   48,868 43,783 42,216 +11.6 +15.8 $2,511,575 $2,249,337 $2,180,087 +11.7 +15.2
41 – Blue Water   68,030 64,648 64,044 +5.2 +6.2 $2,112,003 $1,941,213 $1,933,729 +8.8 +9.2
46 – Washington-Lynchburg   55,025 – 20,959 – +162.5 $3,387,963 – $1,319,825 – +156.7
47 – Washington-Newport News   209,846 200,242 200,777 +4.8 +4.5 $11,458,008 $11,052,324 $11,149,260 +3.7 +2.8
54 – Hoosier State   16,105 15,079 15,015 +6.8 +7.3 $380,986 $322,497 $320,947 +18.1 +18.7
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   76,781 66,322 64,679 +15.8 +18.7 $1,821,796 $1,450,119 $1,417,864 +25.6 +28.5
57 – Pennsylvanian   102,150 95,590 93,594 +6.9 +9.1 $4,149,067 $3,834,113 $3,776,191 +8.2 +9.9
65 – Pere Marquette   45,732 48,939 49,008 -6.6 -6.7 $1,320,336 $1,343,352 $1,351,974 -1.7 -2.3
66 – Carolinian   144,267 131,630 136,171 +9.6 +5.9 $7,567,459 $6,830,766 $7,109,097 +10.8 +6.4
67 – Piedmont   36,276 35,042 52,407 +3.5 -30.8 $606,108 $581,266 $884,252 +4.3 -31.5
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $3,180,340 $3,211,702 $3,170,212 -1.0 +0.3
96 – Special Trains    31,092 28,680 37,430 +8.4 -16.9 $1,979,668 $1,515,343 $2,001,152 +30.6 -1.1
Subtotal   6,471,821 6,214,921 6,235,228 +4.1 +3.8 $180,328,147 $165,623,446 $170,159,056 +8.9 +6.0
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   193,939 179,094 175,621 +8.3 +10.4 $14,171,672 $13,164,509 $13,086,946 +7.7 +8.3
18 – Cardinal   47,199 51,121 50,137 -7.7 -5.9 $2,695,396 $2,955,954 $2,943,372 -8.8 -8.4
19 – Silver Meteor   170,792 160,422 157,480 +6.5 +8.5 $16,730,687 $16,297,275 $16,187,649 +2.7 +3.4
25 – Empire Builder   248,419 240,380 255,530 +3.3 -2.8 $21,887,951 $22,346,957 $24,230,312 -2.1 -9.7
26 – Capitol Ltd.   97,358 99,250 97,129 -1.9 +0.2 $7,689,441 $7,943,647 $7,880,838 -3.2 -2.4
27 – California Zephyr   170,134 168,320 167,766 +1.1 +1.4 $17,267,594 $17,001,209 $16,944,641 +1.6 +1.9
28 – Southwest Chief   149,960 148,545 147,725 +1.0 +1.5 $16,932,488 $17,467,170 $17,408,621 -3.1 -2.7
30 – City of New Orleans   106,373 91,393 93,091 +16.4 +14.3 $7,871,603 $6,982,971 $7,133,047 +12.7 +10.4
32 – Texas Eagle   133,094 122,688 123,774 +8.5 +7.5 $9,870,041 $9,226,698 $9,331,921 +7.0 +5.8
33 – Sunset Ltd.   41,843 36,346 36,513 +15.1 +14.6 $4,236,481 $3,852,176 $3,879,704 +10.0 +9.2
34 – Coast Starlight   207,634 194,034 193,662 +7.0 +7.2 $15,522,265 $14,385,568 $14,393,515 +7.9 +7.8
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   165,287 155,969 162,863 +6.0 +1.5 $11,634,999 $10,742,545 $12,029,270 +8.3 -3.3
48 – Palmetto   84,122 76,987 79,509 +9.3 +5.8 $6,389,004 $5,484,029 $5,778,861 +16.5 +10.6
52 – Crescent   135,223 133,758 129,722 +1.1 +4.2 $12,857,351 $12,586,531 $12,338,064 +2.2 +4.2
63 – Auto Train   121,067 111,531 111,053 +8.6 +9.0 $29,682,818 $30,039,767 $29,925,877 -1.2 -0.8
Subtotal   2,072,444 1,969,838 1,981,575 +5.2 +4.6 $195,439,793 $190,477,005 $193,492,637 +2.6 +1.0
                       
Amtrak Total   13,619,770 13,058,015 12,924,638 +4.3 +5.4 $812,342,021 $784,449,271 $778,936,390 +3.6 +4.3
Ridership statistics

Amtrak ridership stats for March 2010

 

April FY10
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget FY10 FY09 Budget FY09 Budget
1 – Acela   290,446 262,890 267,640 +10.5 +8.5 $40,633,210 $35,843,470 $37,242,545 +13.4 +9.1
5 – Northeast Regional   611,232 601,829 609,958 +1.6 +0.2 $40,561,036 $37,652,753 $38,893,204 +7.7 +4.3
99 – Special Trains   653 620 650 +5.3 +0.5 $103,153 $131,900 $145,000 -21.8 -28.9
Subtotal   902,331 865,339 878,248 +4.3 +2.7 $81,297,399 $73,628,123 $76,280,749 +10.4 +6.6
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   3,606 3,466 3,441 +4.0 +4.8 $176,529 $169,362 $171,264 +4.2 +3.1
4 – Vermonter   6,412 5,613 5,577 +14.2 +15.0 $355,077 $301,036 $305,242 +18.0 +16.3
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   32,244 28,771 28,898 +12.1 +11.6 $1,729,859 $1,584,175 $1,621,746 +9.2 +6.7
9 – Downeaster   42,786 41,018 41,651 +4.3 +2.7 $589,124 $580,195 $600,947 +1.5 -2.0
12 – New Haven-Springfield   30,755 26,012 25,829 +18.2 +19.1 $935,543 $774,663 $783,936 +20.8 +19.3
14 – Keystone   113,082 101,898 102,722 +11.0 +10.1 $2,378,852 $2,046,672 $2,105,832 +16.2 +13.0
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   83,921 77,304 80,065 +8.6 +4.8 $3,126,394 $3,009,054 $3,172,042 +3.9 -1.4
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   48,194 40,576 41,805 +18.8 +15.3 $1,098,119 $840,102 $880,608 +30.7 +24.7
21 – Hiawatha   65,241 59,189 60,831 +10.2 +7.2 $1,156,364 $1,041,160 $1,091,089 +11.1 +6.0
22 – Wolverine   41,715 35,722 36,251 +16.8 +15.1 $1,465,394 $1,154,297 $1,191,737 +27.0 +23.0
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   21,700 20,721 21,323 +4.7 +1.8 $629,000 $557,709 $583,352 +12.8 +7.8
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   17,960 17,109 17,580 +5.0 +2.2 $436,946 $394,391 $412,246 +10.8 +6.0
29 – Heartland Flyer   5,662 4,972 5,127 +13.9 +10.4 $119,181 $105,164 $111,011 +13.3 +7.4
35 – Pacific Surfliner   234,158 219,229 222,239 +6.8 +5.4 $4,192,145 $3,820,810 $3,943,920 +9.7 +6.3
36 – Cascades   66,094 57,175 63,827 +15.6 +3.6 $2,103,165 $1,489,619 $1,690,143 +41.2 +24.4
37 – Capitol Corridor   137,871 138,623 138,945 -0.5 -0.8 $1,943,388 $1,909,012 $2,049,406 +1.8 -5.2
39 – San Joaquin   84,044 79,108 80,065 +6.2 +5.0 $2,630,850 $2,225,958 $2,308,735 +18.2 +14.0
40 – Adirondack   8,559 7,375 7,330 +16.1 +16.8 $443,432 $378,005 $381,876 +17.3 +16.1
41 – Blue Water   13,503 11,327 11,479 +19.2 +17.6 $404,363 $331,340 $341,610 +22.0 +18.4
46 – Washington-Lynchburg   11,973 – 4,133 – +189.7 $712,108 – $255,936 – +178.2
47 – Washington-Newport News   43,129 39,914 42,513 +8.1 +1.4 $2,354,769 $2,089,820 $2,267,702 +12.7 +3.8
54 – Hoosier State   2,664 2,355 2,429 +13.1 +9.7 $63,100 $49,613 $51,612 +27.2 +22.3
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   13,551 11,708 11,679 +15.7 +16.0 $302,658 $229,100 $233,200 +32.1 +29.8
57 – Pennsylvanian   15,693 15,256 15,363 +2.9 +2.1 $666,146 $581,114 $596,430 +14.6 +11.7
65 – Pere Marquette   9,639 8,547 8,816 +12.8 +9.3 $278,395 $228,070 $239,273 +22.1 +16.4
66 – Carolinian   27,787 18,690 26,732 +48.7 +3.9 $1,508,165 $858,780 $1,258,391 +75.6 +19.8
67 – Piedmont   7,825 6,197 10,173 +26.3 -23.1 $129,970 $96,956 $164,252 +34.1 -20.9
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $540,886 $333,955 $335,975 +62.0 +61.0
96 – Special Trains    494 100 0 +394.0 – $48,100 $27,200 $0 +76.8 –
Subtotal   1,190,262 1,077,975 1,116,823 +10.4 +6.6 $32,518,022 $27,207,330 $29,149,511 +19.5 +11.6
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   32,147 31,343 30,846 +2.6 +4.2 $2,639,820 $2,429,776 $2,397,018 +8.6 +10.1
18 – Cardinal   8,566 8,668 8,757 -1.2 -2.2 $499,770 $497,066 $502,430 +0.5 -0.5
19 – Silver Meteor   28,701 27,667 26,959 +3.7 +6.5 $3,072,653 $2,984,775 $2,903,440 +2.9 +5.8
25 – Empire Builder   38,875 31,222 32,273 +24.5 +20.5 $3,514,324 $2,619,860 $2,716,868 +34.1 +29.4
26 – Capitol Ltd.   18,046 16,482 16,636 +9.5 +8.5 $1,490,509 $1,340,647 $1,354,030 +11.2 +10.1
27 – California Zephyr   27,318 23,747 24,173 +15.0 +13.0 $2,987,979 $2,476,559 $2,573,265 +20.7 +16.1
28 – Southwest Chief   25,547 22,944 23,367 +11.3 +9.3 $2,945,626 $2,568,841 $2,674,201 +14.7 +10.1
30 – City of New Orleans   18,644 15,522 15,782 +20.1 +18.1 $1,425,945 $1,177,497 $1,218,755 +21.1 +17.0
32 – Texas Eagle   21,677 19,016 19,308 +14.0 +12.3 $1,736,794 $1,407,716 $1,458,898 +23.4 +19.0
33 – Sunset Ltd.   7,426 6,118 6,257 +21.4 +18.7 $787,402 $594,495 $623,059 +32.4 +26.4
34 – Coast Starlight   32,192 32,170 32,646 +0.1 -1.4 $2,763,355 $2,260,205 $2,349,054 +22.3 +17.6
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   29,854 26,103 27,592 +14.4 +8.2 $2,021,647 $1,689,435 $1,805,002 +19.7 +12.0
48 – Palmetto   17,238 15,911 19,783 +8.3 -12.9 $1,367,674 $922,671 $1,226,715 +48.2 +11.5
52 – Crescent   26,226 25,146 24,819 +4.3 +5.7 $2,382,386 $2,264,823 $2,299,047 +5.2 +3.6
63 – Auto Train   20,715 21,294 21,493 -2.7 -3.6 $5,999,734 $6,330,464 $6,388,194 -5.2 -6.1
Subtotal   353,172 323,353 330,691 +9.2 +6.8 $35,635,617 $31,564,830 $32,489,976 +12.9 +9.7
                       
Amtrak Total   2,445,765 2,266,667 2,325,762 +7.9 +5.2 $149,451,038 $132,400,283 $137,920,236 +12.9 +8.4
Ridership statistics

Michigan Ridership stats for March 2010

 

  NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
                   
  SUMMARIZED FY 2010 MICHIGAN RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE RESULTS*
                   
  COMPARATIVE SUMMARY – MONTH OF MARCH 2010 VERSUS 2009
                   
  MONTH  ENDED MARCH 31, 2010 VERSUS 2009  *
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
   March   March  Increase/(Decrease)    March   March  Increase/(Decrease)
Corridor/Service  2010  2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 12,780 10,503           2,277 21.7%   $381,444 $306,090  $     75,354 24.6%
                   
Pere Marquette 8,076 7,556              520 6.9%   $225,423 $194,735         30,688 15.8%
                     
Wolverine 37,971 33,915           4,056 12.0%   $1,272,679 $1,066,218       206,461 19.4%
Total 58,827 51,974           6,853 13.2%   $1,879,546 $1,567,043  $    312,503 19.9%
                     
                   
  SIXTH MONTH OF STATE FISCAL YEAR –  PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2010
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
Corridor/Service    Year-To-Date MARCH 31, Increase/(Decrease)      Year-To-Date MARCH 31, Increase/(Decrease)
  2010 2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 68,030 64,648           3,382 5.2%   $2,112,003 $1,941,213  $    170,790 8.8%
                     
Pere Marquette 45,732 48,939          (3,207) -6.6%   $1,320,336 $1,343,352        (23,016) -1.7%
                       
Wolverine 209,091 214,093          (5,002) -2.3%   $7,432,327 $7,194,683       237,644 3.3%
Total 322,853 327,680 (4,827) -1.5%   $10,864,666 $10,479,248  $    385,418 3.7%
                   
                   
                   
                   
* Per March 2010 Ridership and Revenue Report (FY10)              
           
News, Ridership statistics

Amtrak’s ridership and revenue on record-breaking pace for fiscal year ’10

During the first six months of the FY ’10 fiscal year, Amtrak carried a record high of 13,619,770 passengers — a 4.3 percent increase over last year and roughly 100,000 more than the same period in FY ’08, when the company set its all-time record for annual ridership. A slowly improving economy and continued high fuel prices are contributing factors in ridership growth.

Comparing March 2010 to March 2009, ridership increased by 13.5 percent to a record 2.47 million passengers for the month. In addition, every single Amtrak route carried more passengers, with several experiencing double-digit growth.

This report comes from Amtrak This Week, a weekly newsletter for Amtrak employees.

Announcements, News, Ridership statistics

Big ridership gains on Blue Water and Wolverine trains

The Blue Water and Wolverine services each posted impressive ridership
numbers during the month of February. 

The Wolverine experienced a 13.5% increase over the previous year’s performance.  The Blue Water also experienced an increase of 9.2% followed by the Pere Marquette that inched past last February’s ridership by 0.2%.

Ticket Revenue for each of the Michigan services was healthy with the Wolverine increasing revenue by 18.5% followed by the Blue Water and Pere Marquette with increases of 13.4% and 10.3%, respectively.

Therese G. Cody at the Michigan Department of Transportation said the recent inclement weather in the Midwest (Illinois and Michigan) travel market, coupled with higher fuel prices had a positive impact on corridor ridership and ticket revenue.

All 3 trains in Michigan were above Amtrak budget:
Train                  Budget$            Budget%    Actual$        Actual% 
Wolverine            $953,675           16.9%        $1,115,021   18.5%
Blue Water          $233,602           12.0%        $261,593      13.4%      
Pere Marquette    $172,205            6.4%         $183,239      10.3%
NBM 09 #’s were not taken into consideration in the above #’s