TABLE 3-4-5 - Amtrak Ridership Monthly: January 2007-June 2008
TABLE 3-4-5 - Amtrak Ridership Monthly: January 2007-June 2008
| Number of passengers (thousands) | |
|---|---|
| January 2007 | 1,797 |
| February 2007 | 1,779 |
| March 2007 | 2,174 |
| April 2007 | 2,207 |
| May 2007 | 2,296 |
| June 2007 | 2,291 |
| July 2007 | 2,414 |
| August 2007 | 2,429 |
| September 2007 | 2,101 |
| October 2007 | 2,336 |
| November 2007 | 2,414 |
| December 2007 | 2,312 |
| January 2008 | 2,005 |
| February 2008 | 2,029 |
| March 2008 | 2,424 |
| April 2008 | 2,320 |
| May 2008 | 2,577 |
| June 2008 | 2,560 |
NOTES: Amtrak serves more than 500 stations in 46 states and operates over a network of more than 21,000 track miles. Ridership is highly seasonal, July and August are the peak ridership months. In 2000, Amtrak introduced a high-speed rail service in the northeast U.S., which helped increase ridership.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, table 1.02, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of September 2008.