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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)

Amtrak Ticket Prices. 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 Yields. 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 Nov-09 Nov-10
Average Amtrak ticket prices (dollars) 60.00 63.29
Percent change from same month previous year -1.8 5.5
Amtrak ticket yield (cents per passenger-mile) 28.75 30.43
Percent change from same month previous year -1.9 5.8

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 February 2011.