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Amtrak
Ridership
Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted
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the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
officially began service in May 1971. Amtrak serves more than 500 stations in
46 states and operates over a network of more than 22,000 track miles.
Ridership is 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
Ridership |
2,429,470 |
2,683,564 |
| Percent
change from same month previous year |
9.86 |
10.46 |
NOTE: 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 November 2008.
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