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Use of Passenger Rail: Revenue Passenger Miles
(monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
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Amtrak officially began service in May 1971. Amtrak offers services in 46 states on a network of over 22,000 track miles. Ridership data are highly seasonal, with July and August being very high season months. In 2000, Amtrak introduced a high-speed rail service in the northeast U.S., which helped increase ridership.
| Amtrak revenue passenger miles (thousands) |
360,211 |
395,821 |
| Percent change from same month previous year |
3.71 |
9.89 |
NOTES: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/OfficeofSafety/ as of May 2008.
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