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Amtrak Ticket Prices and Yields

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Amtrak Ticket Prices and Yields

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Average Amtrak ticket prices (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Average Amtrak ticket prices (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted). If you are a user with disability and cannot view this image, use the table version. If you need further assistance, call 800-853-1351.

Amtrak ticket yield (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted)

Amtrak ticket yield (monthly data, not seasonally adjusted). If you are a user with disability and cannot view this image, use the table version. If you need further assistance, call 800-853-1351.

Ticket yield is a normalized measure of revenue, based on the amount of service provided.

Amtrak Ticket Prices and Yields May-11 May-12
Average Amtrak ticket prices (dollars) 63.45 66.81
Percent change from same month previous year 3.0 5.3
Amtrak ticket yield (cents per passenger-mile) 29.30 30.84
Percent change from same month previous year 3.7 5.3

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 2012.