Amtrak Ticket Prices and Yields
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Average Amtrak ticket prices (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Dollars
Amtrak ticket yield (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)
Cents per passenger-mile
Ticket yield is a normalized measure of revenue, based on the amount of service provided.
| Amtrak Ticket Prices and Yields | Jun-12 | Jun-13 |
|---|---|---|
| Average Amtrak ticket prices (dollars) | 70.77 | 68.35 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | + 8.7% | - 3.4% |
| Amtrak ticket yield (cents per passenger-mile) | 29.7 | 30.2 |
| Percent change from same month previous year | + 1.0% | + 1.7% |
NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same period in the previous year to account for seasonality.
SOURCE: National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Monthly Performance Reports, available at http://www.amtrak.com/ as of August 2013.