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Ridership statistics

Michigan ridership statistics for October 2010

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  NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
                   
  SUMMARIZED FY 2011 MICHIGAN RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE RESULTS*
                   
  COMPARATIVE SUMMARY – MONTH OF OCTOBER 2010 VERSUS 2009
                   
  MONTH  ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2010 VERSUS 2009  *
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
   October   October  Increase/(Decrease)    October   October  Increase/(Decrease)
Corridor/Service 2010 2009 Amount Percentage   2010 2009 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water 13,680 9,859           3,821 38.8%   $376,252 $293,860  $     82,392 28.0%
                   
Pere Marquette 7,252 6,965              287 4.1%   $209,989 $187,590         22,399 11.9%
                     
Wolverine 40,364 32,487           7,877 24.2%   $1,382,051 $1,085,606       296,445 27.3%
Total 61,296 49,311         11,985 24.3%   $1,968,292 $1,567,056  $    401,236 25.6%
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  FISCAL YEAR 2011 –  FIRST MONTH ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2010 VS. 2009
                   
                   
* Per October 2010 Ridership and Revenue Report (FY11)              
Ridership statistics

Amtrak ridership statistics for October 2010

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October FY11
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY11 FY10 Budget FY10 Budget FY11 FY10 Budget FY10 Budget
1 – Acela   310,616 286,313 298,887 +8.5 +3.9 $44,534,197 $38,675,831 $41,142,456 +15.1 +8.2
5 – Northeast Regional   665,158 635,613 656,983 +4.6 +1.2 $44,044,505 $38,645,470 $40,770,636 +14.0 +8.0
99 – Special Trains   1,040 2,660 2,660 -60.9 -60.9 $87,340 $184,500 $184,500 -52.7 -52.7
Subtotal   976,814 924,586 958,530 +5.6 +1.9 $88,666,042 $77,505,801 $82,097,592 +14.4 +8.0
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   3,333 3,999 4,412 -16.7 -24.5 $168,477 $186,368 $209,999 -9.6 -19.8
4 – Vermonter   7,970 7,179 7,482 +11.0 +6.5 $422,833 $370,165 $393,415 +14.2 +7.5
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   30,855 27,583 29,756 +11.9 +3.7 $1,643,998 $1,533,034 $1,684,470 +7.2 -2.4
9 – Downeaster   41,891 41,072 42,957 +2.0 -2.5 $582,094 $559,295 $594,374 +4.1 -2.1
12 – New Haven-Springfield   33,019 30,850 32,081 +7.0 +2.9 $937,803 $821,509 $872,177 +14.2 +7.5
14 – Keystone   111,945 107,787 112,754 +3.9 -0.7 $2,378,489 $2,150,869 $2,289,453 +10.6 +3.9
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   88,056 84,104 87,724 +4.7 +0.4 $3,332,460 $3,286,014 $3,491,119 +1.4 -4.5
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   47,670 41,273 43,025 +15.5 +10.8 $953,271 $913,430 $969,880 +4.4 -1.7
21 – Hiawatha   67,900 64,623 67,517 +5.1 +0.6 $1,239,482 $1,147,101 $1,220,553 +8.1 +1.6
22 – Wolverine   40,364 32,487 39,024 +24.2 +3.4 $1,382,051 $1,085,606 $1,327,391 +27.3 +4.1
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   25,242 21,737 26,446 +16.1 -4.6 $747,159 $637,367 $792,805 +17.2 -5.8
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   18,920 16,849 17,643 +12.3 +7.2 $474,327 $404,314 $430,899 +17.3 +10.1
29 – Heartland Flyer   6,216 5,297 5,559 +17.3 +11.8 $138,060 $113,722 $122,631 +21.4 +12.6
35 – Pacific Surfliner   219,284 216,238 224,291 +1.4 -2.2 $4,025,537 $3,651,377 $3,926,465 +10.2 +2.5
36 – Cascades   63,163 60,850 65,899 +3.8 -4.2 $2,155,288 $1,742,177 $1,884,320 +23.7 +14.4
37 – Capitol Corridor   141,350 137,104 142,496 +3.1 -0.8 $2,010,617 $1,874,948 $2,034,872 +7.2 -1.2
39 – San Joaquin   76,793 74,618 77,652 +2.9 -1.1 $2,524,776 $2,183,202 $2,358,089 +15.6 +7.1
40 – Adirondack   10,246 9,729 10,795 +5.3 -5.1 $514,628 $490,246 $552,588 +5.0 -6.9
41 – Blue Water   13,680 9,859 11,229 +38.8 +21.8 $376,252 $293,860 $340,376 +28.0 +10.5
46 – Washington-Lynchburg   11,981 8,585 8,744 +39.6 +37.0 $685,377 $475,070 $489,239 +44.3 +40.1
47 – Washington-Newport News   42,424 36,856 42,271 +15.1 +0.4 $2,126,564 $1,816,678 $2,151,229 +17.1 -1.1
54 – Hoosier State   2,979 2,715 3,080 +9.7 -3.3 $65,599 $62,440 $71,673 +5.1 -8.5
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   17,895 13,895 14,471 +28.8 +23.7 $424,100 $330,391 $348,996 +28.4 +21.5
57 – Pennsylvanian   18,618 17,930 18,741 +3.8 -0.7 $696,536 $623,757 $666,645 +11.7 +4.5
65 – Pere Marquette   7,252 6,965 8,665 +4.1 -16.3 $209,989 $187,590 $236,721 +11.9 -11.3
66 – Carolinian   29,151 23,538 26,703 +23.8 +9.2 $1,376,126 $1,023,902 $1,203,053 +34.4 +14.4
67 – Piedmont   14,293 6,477 10,986 +120.7 +30.1 $245,573 $113,379 $194,121 +116.6 +26.5
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $575,375 $618,710 $631,820 -7.0 -8.9
96 – Special Trains    12,000 10,134 10,134 +18.4 +18.4 $387,420 $721,056 $721,056 -46.3 -46.3
Subtotal   1,204,490 1,120,333 1,192,537 +7.5 +1.0 $32,800,262 $29,417,577 $32,210,429 +11.5 +1.8
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   31,813 29,844 31,236 +6.6 +1.8 $2,148,317 $1,925,290 $2,061,386 +11.6 +4.2
18 – Cardinal   10,302 9,624 11,203 +7.0 -8.0 $594,105 $539,319 $646,090 +10.2 -8.0
19 – Silver Meteor   29,510 27,203 28,560 +8.5 +3.3 $2,706,577 $2,366,613 $2,547,665 +14.4 +6.2
25 – Empire Builder   39,844 39,528 41,519 +0.8 -4.0 $4,589,498 $4,015,789 $4,339,426 +14.3 +5.8
26 – Capitol Ltd.   19,210 18,669 19,587 +2.9 -1.9 $1,681,213 $1,543,916 $1,657,445 +8.9 +1.4
27 – California Zephyr   29,802 26,770 29,026 +11.3 +2.7 $3,845,991 $3,174,919 $3,523,358 +21.1 +9.2
28 – Southwest Chief   28,033 26,553 27,797 +5.6 +0.8 $3,513,922 $3,207,076 $3,447,133 +9.6 +1.9
30 – City of New Orleans   19,502 15,409 16,044 +26.6 +21.6 $1,327,507 $1,095,483 $1,164,072 +21.2 +14.0
32 – Texas Eagle   20,442 19,253 20,166 +6.2 +1.4 $1,682,623 $1,429,479 $1,534,657 +17.7 +9.6
33 – Sunset Ltd.   7,535 5,993 6,261 +25.7 +20.3 $832,644 $639,187 $682,071 +30.3 +22.1
34 – Coast Starlight   32,913 33,911 35,334 -2.9 -6.9 $2,875,798 $2,450,688 $2,620,101 +17.3 +9.8
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   31,255 27,150 28,528 +15.1 +9.6 $2,400,699 $2,001,371 $2,155,810 +20.0 +11.4
48 – Palmetto   15,348 12,169 13,038 +26.1 +17.7 $1,133,345 $812,793 $894,241 +39.4 +26.7
52 – Crescent   25,379 21,768 22,722 +16.6 +11.7 $2,272,208 $2,029,753 $2,163,890 +11.9 +5.0
63 – Auto Train   18,978 18,947 19,687 +0.2 -3.6 $5,004,898 $4,424,904 $5,004,130 +13.1 +0.0
Subtotal   359,866 332,791 350,708 +8.1 +2.6 $36,609,344 $31,656,581 $34,441,476 +15.6 +6.3
                       
Amtrak Total   2,541,170 2,377,710 2,501,775 +6.9 +1.6 $158,075,648 $138,579,958 $148,749,496 +14.1 +6.3
News

Editorial: Michigan at risk of losing rail funds

From Detroit Free Press

News from Washington in October that the state would get $150 million to develop a high-speed railway between Kalamazoo and Dearborn brought a welcome push to Michigan’s efforts to build a 21st-Century transportation system. But the federal government can’t help those states that won’t help themselves. Michigan now faces the very real prospect of losing the grant because the Legislature failed to set aside the required 20% local match.

It’s an ominous portent for the road ahead — if Michigan doesn’t find a better way to fund state transportation needs. Yes, that effort must include improving efficiency and working to get a fair share of dollars from Washington. But unless Michigan wants to watch hundreds of millions of dollars of federal grants fly to other states, it also means an overdue increase in the state gas tax.

Michigan’s inability to fix its transportation funding problems was undoubtedly one reason the state received only about half of the $308 million it requested to purchase and upgrade 135 miles of track. Even the $150 million the federal government committed would have enabled Michigan to prepare roughly 60 miles of track for high-speed service. That would have cut commute times in the 280-mile corridor between Detroit and Chicago by about 15 minutes, giving Amtrak and the state an improvement to promote.

The time is right. This year, nearly 480,000 passengers rode Amtrak Wolverine trains on the Detroit-Chicago corridor, up 8% from a year ago. Passengers on the Blue Water train — serving Port Huron, East Lansing and Chicago — rose more than 18% to nearly 158,000.

Besides the $150 million for high-speed rail service, Michigan was awarded $3.2 million to plan for 110-m.p.h. passenger service on the Amtrak route between Chicago and Detroit. Another $7.9 million was set for the West Detroit connections project, connecting the Chicago-Detroit high-speed line to the Detroit New Center station. The federal grants were scheduled to roll into Michigan early next year, said Tim Hoeffner of the Michigan Department of Transportation.

Now, unless the next Legislature acts quickly, or the Department of Transportation finds another way to secure the local match of about $35 million, more than $160 million will hit the road to other states. Gov.-elect Rick Snyder must make sure that doesn’t happen.

More broadly, Snyder must show far more leadership than his predecessor in finding a way to pay for a transportation system that will help put Michigan’s economy in overdrive.

Read more: Michigan at risk of losing rail funds | freep.com | Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/article/20101213/OPINION01/12130315/Michigan-at-risk-of-losing-rail-funds#ixzz181VHx2KW