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Ridership statistics

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)              
Ridership statistics

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
Meetings

Sept. 25 MARP meeting in St. Ignace

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MARP Member Meeting
Saturday, September 25, 2010
* ** 9:30 am – 11:30 am ***

St. Ignace Transportation Center
700 U.S. 2, Saint Ignace, MI 49781
(906) 643-1531

Our September meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, August 25, at the St. Ignace Transportation Center. This will be the first MARP meeting ever in the Upper Peninsula and will celebrate Indian Trail’s 100th anniversary and the extension of Amtrak Thruway service to Sault Ste. Marie. Members are encouraged to bring family or friends and make this a mini-vacation.

MARP will recognize Indian Trails expansion of through-way service to Bay City and Sault St. Marie with an award and a birthday cake. We will also present an award to State Senator Jason Allen for his successful efforts to create a Passenger Rail Caucus in the legislature.

Harry Gow of Transport Action Canada (formerly T-2000) is planning to attend to help honor Indian Trails and will give a brief statement of rail passenger conditions in Canada. Judy Gross will provide MARP with a presentation on the history of passenger rail in St. Ignace.

MARP will elect officers for the 2010-2012 period at the meeting. A quorum is needed for elections, so it is important that we have good attendance. The slate submitted by the nominating committee includes: Chair – Robert Tischbein; Vice-Chair – Barney Whittier; Secretary – Hugh Gurney; At Large (Communications) – Kay Chase; At Large (Public/Governmental Affairs) – John Langdon; At Large (Membership) – Kathleen Newell; At Large (Meetings) – Jim Wallington; Metro Detroit Regional Chair – Jim Hinkins; Northern Regional Chair – Don Monteith. Candidates are still being sought for the East/Central and the Western Regional Chair positions. If you would like to toss your hat in the ring or if you have a suggestion, please send an email to nominations chair Barney Whittier whittierbc@comcast.net

Members are encouraged to take advantage of Indian Trail’s $35.00 per person round trip fare from any point in Michigan served by Indian Trails or from Milwaukee. Call Brenda Cheney before September 12 at Indian Trails (800)292-3831 ext. 217 for tickets. Ask for the special rate for the MARP-Indian Trails meeting.

Call the Voyager Inn at 1-877-643-1530 and mention the MARP-Indian Trails meeting to get the special $55 room rate.

Although we are encouraging the use of public transportation, send a reply to this email if you would like to be connected with others to carpool to the meeting.

Note that the meeting will begin at 9:30 am so that members and their families/friends can enjoy some of the many activities available in and around St. Ignace, including the ferry to Mackinac Island, among other things. See www.marp.org for complete details. E-mail jwallington@msn.com if you have any questions. Even more information has been compiled at: http://www.marp.org/?p=1884

Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST

September 14, 2010

Great Lakes Central has extended an invitation to MARP members and others to visit the Owosso train yard between 1:00 and 2:30 pm to view the on-going renovations of the Mi-Train coaches that will be used for the Howell-Ann Arbor and Detroit-Ann Arbor commuter services. Please reply to this email if you plan to attend so Mike Bagwell can plan accordingly.

When you are finished at the GLC yard, you can hop over to the Indian Trails facility for the 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm open house celebrating their 100th Birthday. Call 1-800-292-3831 for the location of the open house.

October 14 – 16, 2010

MARP members are invited to attend the bi-annual meeting of the NARP Council of Representatives taking place at the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, 187 Monroe Ave. NW, Grand Rapids MI 49503. The keynote speaker on Friday, October 15, is Joseph Szabo, Federal Railroad Administrator. On Thursday, October 14, is a limited-capacity, first-come-first-served bus tour of rail interest that includes a ride and lunch on the Coopersville & Marne Railway. The tour will begin at 8:30am at the Amway Grand Plaza and should be complete around 4-4:30pm. Separate registration for the tour is $40.

For more information visit the MARP website http://www.marp.org/?p=2193

Announcements, FYI, Meetings

Next Michigan By Rail forum is Sept. 8 in St. Joseph

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WHEN: Wednesday, September 8, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

WHERE: Shadowland Ballroom (next to Carousel) at Silver Beach Center, 333 Broad Street, St. Joseph

CONTACT:Tim Fischer, (517) 487-9539, tim@environmentalcouncil.org

Please join U.S. Congressman Fred Upton, other elected officials and your fellow citizens at the St. Joseph/Benton Harbor Michigan By Rail public forum.

The Michigan by Rail Forum in St. Joseph/Benton Harbor is part of a series of 16 public forums taking place throughout the state to engage citizens on a vision for the future of Michigan’s freight and passenger rail system.The event will include an overview of the existing system; an interactive rail mapping session; discussion of financing issues and a big-picture vision of the future of Michigan’s railroad system.

Forum cities include Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Dearborn, Detroit, Traverse City, Flint, Grand Rapids, Holland, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Monroe, Muskegon, Battle Creek, Royal Oak, and St. Joseph/Benton Harbor.

For more information visit, www.michiganbyrail.org