TABLE 2-5-3 - Monthly Amtrak Ridership: January 2008-April 2010
TABLE 2-5-3 - Monthly Amtrak Ridership: January 2008-April 2010
| Passengers (thousands) | |
|---|---|
| January 2008 | 2,005 |
| February 2008 | 2,029 |
| March 2008 | 2,424 |
| April 2008 | 2,320 |
| May 2008 | 2,577 |
| June 2008 | 2,560 |
| July 2008 | 2,750 |
| August 2008 | 2,684 |
| September 2008 | 2,305 |
| October 2008 | 2,440 |
| November 2008 | 2,326 |
| December 2008 | 2,285 |
| January 2009 | 1,979 |
| February 2009 | 1,849 |
| March 2009 | 2,180 |
| April 2009 | 2,267 |
| May 2009 | 2,326 |
| June 2009 | 2,348 |
| July 2009 | 2,520 |
| August 2009 | 2,485 |
| September 2009 | 2,164 |
| October 2009 | 2,378 |
| November 2009 | 2,390 |
| December 2009 | 2,395 |
| January 2010 | 2,033 |
| February 2010 | 1,951 |
| March 2010 | 2,474 |
| April 2010 | 2,446 |
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, Overview, table 1.02, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of July 2010.