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Ridership statistics

Amtrak ridership stats for September 2009

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September FY09
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY09 FY08 Budget FY08 Budget FY09 FY08 Budget FY08 Budget
1 – Acela   248,855 294,061 297,422 -15.4 -16.3 $33,109,494 $40,649,122 $42,334,070 -18.5 -21.8
5 – Northeast Regional   568,541 590,756 606,817 -3.8 -6.3 $33,569,156 $38,613,914 $39,952,993 -13.1 -16.0
99 – Special Trains   510 760 750 -32.9 -32.0 $104,500 $155,200 $175,000 -32.7 -40.3
Subtotal   817,906 885,577 904,989 -7.6 -9.6 $66,783,150 $79,418,236 $82,462,063 -15.9 -19.0
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   3,361 3,289 3,229 +2.2 +4.1 $164,713 $160,116 $179,201 +2.9 -8.1
4 – Vermonter   5,094 5,185 5,086 -1.8 +0.2 $262,246 $284,922 $275,770 -8.0 -4.9
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   26,046 27,608 27,054 -5.7 -3.7 $1,433,833 $1,635,250 $1,821,227 -12.3 -21.3
9 – Downeaster   38,086 43,955 42,045 -13.4 -9.4 $527,269 $592,862 $593,299 -11.1 -11.1
12 – New Haven-Springfield   26,451 26,968 27,926 -1.9 -5.3 $671,266 $760,971 $790,624 -11.8 -15.1
14 – Keystone   98,532 102,150 99,100 -3.5 -0.6 $1,956,031 $2,049,914 $2,194,929 -4.6 -10.9
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   75,735 79,902 80,369 -5.2 -5.8 $2,924,223 $3,180,606 $3,541,162 -8.1 -17.4
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   38,478 36,849 43,487 +4.4 -11.5 $852,977 $815,343 $979,535 +4.6 -12.9
21 – Hiawatha   60,914 63,987 58,513 -4.8 +4.1 $1,090,500 $1,172,468 $1,042,644 -7.0 +4.6
22 – Wolverine   30,812 33,364 38,123 -7.6 -19.2 $1,044,594 $1,111,688 $1,237,744 -6.0 -15.6
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   20,078 22,569 23,949 -11.0 -16.2 $581,320 $653,431 $692,688 -11.0 -16.1
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   15,667 17,145 17,463 -8.6 -10.3 $371,403 $403,676 $446,882 -8.0 -16.9
29 – Heartland Flyer   4,568 4,943 5,498 -7.6 -16.9 $100,165 $109,720 $101,326 -8.7 -1.1
35 – Pacific Surfliner   206,675 215,497 240,994 -4.1 -14.2 $3,675,639 $3,681,986 $4,520,674 -0.2 -18.7
36 – Cascades   66,608 65,257 67,664 +2.1 -1.6 $2,021,078 $1,863,487 $1,852,473 +8.5 +9.1
37 – Capitol Corridor   126,692 144,797 134,615 -12.5 -5.9 $1,765,886 $1,953,836 $2,057,276 -9.6 -14.2
39 – San Joaquin   69,959 75,844 81,730 -7.8 -14.4 $2,077,846 $2,401,298 $2,056,217 -13.5 +1.1
40 – Adirondack   8,557 8,941 9,247 -4.3 -7.5 $437,527 $464,233 $478,621 -5.8 -8.6
41 – Blue Water   8,999 10,316 10,303 -12.8 -12.7 $275,173 $301,245 $277,643 -8.7 -0.9
47 – Washington-Newport News   34,906 32,892 37,188 +6.1 -6.1 $1,707,825 $1,806,181 $2,091,462 -5.4 -18.3
54 – Hoosier State   2,164 2,634 2,875 -17.8 -24.7 $49,048 $54,829 $55,229 -10.5 -11.2
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   10,639 11,215 11,546 -5.1 -7.9 $245,949 $254,519 $257,564 -3.4 -4.5
57 – Pennsylvanian   15,074 16,364 16,921 -7.9 -10.9 $558,952 $618,257 $641,354 -9.6 -12.8
65 – Pere Marquette   6,568 7,960 9,005 -17.5 -27.1 $179,770 $214,702 $217,211 -16.3 -17.2
66 – Carolinian   20,023 17,448 22,911 +14.8 -12.6 $1,002,245 $895,078 $1,406,328 +12.0 -28.7
67 – Piedmont   5,334 5,642 5,606 -5.5 -4.9 $90,529 $93,090 $94,649 -2.8 -4.4
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $445,176 $837,243 $395,177 -46.8 +12.7
96 – Special Trains    743 3,500 3,800 -78.8 -80.4 $306,308 $482,178 $400,000 -36.5 -23.4
Subtotal   1,026,763 1,086,221 1,126,247 -5.5 -8.8 $26,819,492 $28,853,131 $30,698,908 -7.0 -12.6
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   26,270 28,083 24,135 -6.5 +8.8 $1,701,222 $1,839,852 $1,722,216 -7.5 -1.2
18 – Cardinal   8,356 8,647 9,102 -3.4 -8.2 $483,673 $529,770 $527,424 -8.7 -8.3
19 – Silver Meteor   24,436 23,757 22,170 +2.9 +10.2 $2,130,658 $2,176,210 $1,924,311 -2.1 +10.7
25 – Empire Builder   42,870 51,178 45,649 -16.2 -6.1 $5,057,538 $6,091,550 $5,604,189 -17.0 -9.8
26 – Capitol Ltd.   16,899 19,127 18,433 -11.6 -8.3 $1,361,526 $1,664,065 $1,522,035 -18.2 -10.5
27 – California Zephyr   27,130 32,014 32,664 -15.3 -16.9 $3,469,502 $4,284,927 $4,025,299 -19.0 -13.8
28 – Southwest Chief   24,874 28,548 26,374 -12.9 -5.7 $3,027,759 $3,799,494 $3,511,707 -20.3 -13.8
30 – City of New Orleans   14,474 10,715 15,515 +35.1 -6.7 $1,025,765 $768,086 $1,079,054 +33.5 -4.9
32 – Texas Eagle   18,612 17,805 15,371 +4.5 +21.1 $1,354,879 $1,409,043 $1,265,224 -3.8 +7.1
33 – Sunset Ltd.   5,641 4,711 4,364 +19.7 +29.3 $545,391 $482,401 $504,456 +13.1 +8.1
34 – Coast Starlight   35,820 35,778 32,906 +0.1 +8.9 $2,834,996 $3,299,045 $3,075,090 -14.1 -7.8
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   26,637 29,437 30,287 -9.5 -12.1 $2,042,535 $2,224,351 $2,193,832 -8.2 -6.9
48 – Palmetto   12,010 9,091 12,929 +32.1 -7.1 $856,705 $654,015 $860,827 +31.0 -0.5
52 – Crescent   20,904 21,241 21,809 -1.6 -4.1 $1,931,819 $2,052,066 $2,024,431 -5.9 -4.6
63 – Auto Train   14,150 13,391 13,233 +5.7 +6.9 $3,051,596 $3,204,726 $3,223,802 -4.8 -5.3
Subtotal   319,083 333,523 324,941 -4.3 -1.8 $30,875,565 $34,479,599 $33,063,897 -10.5 -6.6
                       
Amtrak Total   2,163,752 2,305,321 2,356,177 -6.1 -8.2 $124,478,207 $142,750,966 $146,224,868 -12.8 -14.9
Announcements, News

Amtrak Thruway bus service has a new U.P. MDOT Station

St. Ignace and the Upper Peninsula have a new Bus Depot/Travel Center located on US-2, just east of the I-75 intersection on the North side of US-2 near the Mackinac Bridge.

An Indian Trails official said the company plans on using the new St. Ignace station starting Sept. 22 with dedication slated Sept. 28.

MARP Vice-chair Don Monteith said the Michigan Association of Rail Passengers will be represented at inaugural of service from the station and the dedication.

The new bus station is the northern terminus of Indian Trails‘ Amtrak/Thruway route that starts in Kalamazoo at the Transportation Center that is shared with Kalamazoo Transit buses, Amtrak train and Indian Trails’ Amtrak/Thruway route # 8364. The Amtrak Thruway service leaves Kalamazoo at 3 p.m. for Big Rapids, Cadillac, Traverse City, Boyne Falls, Petoskey, plus other intermediate stops, arriving at St. Ignace at 11:45 p.m. The southbound schedule # 8365 has a 8:30 a.m. departure from St. Ignace with an 5:20 p.m. arrival in Kalamazoo.

The new bus station is also the terminus of another Indian Trails bus route that runs from Lansing and Bay City along the shore of Lake Huron to St. Ignace.

Indian Trails also operates a connecting westbound motor coach to Escanaba, where it connects to another Indian Trails Amtrak/Thruway (# 8539) motor coach to to Marquette, L’Anse, Houghton and Hancock with intermediate stops. Indian Trails extends service to Calumet but it is not part of the Thruway service.

South from Escanaba, Indian Trails operates another Amtrak/Thruway service (# 8532) that stops at Marinette, Green Bay, Manitowoc, and intermediate points. ending at the Milwaukee Amtrak Intermodal Station at 7:45 a.m., connecting to Amtrak’s 8 a.m. Hiawatha train to Chicago. With a layover, passengers can connect to Amtrak’s Empire Builder to Minneapolis-St. Paul, Spokane, Seattle and Portland. In Chicago, U.P. residents can connect to the entire Amtrak network

There is also reported interest to connect at St. Ignace to Sault St. Marie, the third largest city in the U.P., but which has no scheduled transportation service.

Press Releases

ACTION ALERT! Tell your state legislator to restore funding for Michigan passenger trains to 2009 levels ($7.3 million) in the new transportation budget

The Michigan senate slashed fiscal year 2010 funds for Michigan passenger train service by almost half. The Michigan house of representatives followed the governor’s recommended budget and slashed fiscal year 2010 funds by 22%. Two of the state’s three train routes will cease to operate by early or late spring next year under these budgets. What’s worse is that these actions jeopardize the state’s application for $800 million in federal grants to build a high-speed route linking Detroit to Chicago and other destinations throughout the Midwest and to improve train operations and stations throughout Michigan.

Michigan’s continued investment in current train service is essential to leveraging the federal funding available to bring passenger trains into the 21st century, along with the jobs and economic development that will accompany this expansion.

Please PHONE or EMAIL your state senator and representative NOW.

— Tell them YOU RIDE THE TRAIN, and

— Ask them to RESTORE FUNDING for the Pere Marquette and the Blue Water routes to the full $7.3 million provided in the current year.

Phone or email Your Legislator http://senate.michigan.gov/SenatorInfo/find-your-senator.htm – (517) 373-2400 http://house.michigan.gov/find_a_rep.asp – (517) 373-0135

Let Governor Granholm Know You Support Trains http://www.michigan.gov/gov/0,1607,7-168-21995—,00.html – (517) 335-7858 – Constituent Services

The Blue Water route provides daily roundtrip service to Port Huron, Lapeer, Flint, Durand, East Lansing, Battle Creek, Kalamazoo, Dowagiac and Niles. The Pere Marquette provides daily service for travelers in Grand Rapids, Holland, Bangor, St. Joseph, and New Buffalo.

Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers

Announcements, Meetings

Ann Arbor intermodal transit station outreach meeting on Sept. 17

The city of Ann Arbor has announced an outreach meeting on the planned Fuller Road intermodal transit station to take place on Thursday, September 17.

The meeting will seek input on the creation of a $500,000 conceptual plan for a station oriented around trains—though it will also serve as a focal point for buses, cyclists and pedestrians. It is also hoped that the Fuller Road transit station will connect to a proposed Detroit-Ann Arbor commuter rail line, Chicago-Detroit high-speed rail service, and a streetcar line to downtown.

The city will holding input meetings from 3-5 PM and 6-8 PM in the City Council chambers of City Hall. For information, contact Eli Cooper at ecooper@a2gov.com , or (734) 794-6000, ext. 43710.

Meetings

Register now for MARP’s annual meeting in Kalamazoo Sept. 12

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MICHIGAN ASSOCIATION OF RAILROAD PASSENGERS
36th ANNUAL MEMBER MEETING
Saturday, September 12, 11 am – 3 pm
Kalamazoo Public Library
315 South Rose, Kalamazoo MI 49007
(4 blocks south of the Amtrak station)

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Don’t be left standing on the platform! Don’t miss the informative and interesting program we have planned for you. Invited speakers include Congressman Mark Schauer, Al Johnson, MDOT High Speed Rail, Tim Fischer, Transportation Policy Director, Michigan Environmental Council, and Railroad Historian Mark Tomlonson.

Chair John DeLora will review the year’s accomplishments and look ahead to the exciting prospects for expansion of passenger train service in Michigan as we contemplate tapping into new federal funding for the Midwest high speed rail network.

We need to hear from you by close of business on Saturday, September 5. Please send an email to: kay.chase@wmich.edu

Include your name, mailing address and phone number. If you plan to bring a guest, please include that name as well. $20/ person to cover the cost of materials and a delectable catered lunch will be collected at the door

Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers