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Use of Passenger Rail: Revenue Passenger Miles

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Use of Passenger Rail: Revenue Passenger Miles

Amtrak Revenue Passenger Miles (monthly data)

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Date Amtrak revenue passenger miles Amtrak revenue passenger miles (millions)
Jan-90 454,062,384 454.06
Feb-90 434,975,086 434.98
Mar-90 568,022,912 568.02
Apr-90 567,941,206 567.94
May-90 537,898,117 537.90
Jun-90 567,400,805 567.40
Jul-90 614,409,490 614.41
Aug-90 604,886,768 604.89
Sep-90 486,458,786 486.46
Oct-90 514,067,711 514.07
Nov-90 516,357,350 516.36
Dec-90 531,434,667 531.43
Jan-91 493,462,807 493.46
Feb-91 461,749,623 461.75
Mar-91 559,027,365 559.03
Apr-91 571,943,410 571.94
May-91 544,596,358 544.60
Jun-91 474,917,200 474.92
Jul-91 606,367,732 606.37
Aug-91 622,965,956 622.97
Sep-91 514,490,865 514.49
Oct-91 538,226,969 538.23
Nov-91 539,706,600 539.71
Dec-91 551,280,016 551.28
Jan-92 500,197,078 500.20
Feb-92 460,961,629 460.96
Mar-92 534,299,133 534.30
Apr-92 562,303,002 562.30
May-92 552,388,886 552.39
Jun-92 577,754,752 577.75
Jul-92 583,226,639 583.23
Aug-92 608,168,782 608.17
Sep-92 499,586,130 499.59
Oct-92 507,549,775 507.55
Nov-92 489,206,968 489.21
Dec-92 502,907,615 502.91
Jan-93 500,197,078 500.20
Feb-93 460,961,929 460.96
Mar-93 534,299,133 534.30
Apr-93 562,303,002 562.30
May-93 552,388,886 552.39
Jun-93 577,754,752 577.75
Jul-93 583,226,639 583.23
Aug-93 608,168,782 608.17
Sep-93 499,586,130 499.59
Oct-93 507,549,775 507.55
Nov-93 489,206,968 489.21
Dec-93 502,907,615 502.91
Jan-94 472,931,403 472.93
Feb-94 463,282,193 463.28
Mar-94 571,964,081 571.96
Apr-94 546,771,227 546.77
May-94 522,933,969 522.93
Jun-94 529,165,413 529.17
Jul-94 574,671,588 574.67
Aug-94 583,670,975 583.67
Sep-94 488,404,706 488.40
Oct-94 493,457,999 493.46
Nov-94 477,544,091 477.54
Dec-94 490,734,599 490.73
Jan-95 425,143,815 425.14
Feb-95 393,021,155 393.02
Mar-95 489,040,307 489.04
Apr-95 490,776,591 490.78
May-95 509,411,677 509.41
Jun-95 539,539,652 539.54
Jul-95 567,458,779 567.46
Aug-95 576,863,337 576.86
Sep-95 449,715,520 449.72
Oct-95 441,066,242 441.07
Nov-95 435,401,205 435.40
Dec-95 444,473,258 444.47
Jan-96 361,966,649 361.97
Feb-96 343,129,948 343.13
Mar-96 415,752,849 415.75
Apr-96 424,923,253 424.92
May-96 465,851,556 465.85
Jun-96 473,445,156 473.45
Jul-96 522,179,981 522.18
Aug-96 548,423,868 548.42
Sep-96 410,564,752 410.56
Oct-96 425,911,026 425.91
Nov-96 389,182,650 389.18
Dec-96 437,112,026 437.11
Jan-97 337,732,249 337.73
Feb-97 337,732,249 337.73
Mar-97 416,440,369 416.44
Apr-97 408,306,659 408.31
May-97 442,236,862 442.24
Jun-97 477,393,325 477.39
Jul-97 535,413,368 535.41
Aug-97 548,657,831 548.66
Sep-97 423,829,195 423.83
Oct-97 445,688,675 445.69
Nov-97 441,177,914 441.18
Dec-97 454,271,178 454.27
Jan-98 371,276,735 371.28
Feb-98 326,559,099 326.56
Mar-98 425,901,740 425.90
Apr-98 447,288,394 447.29
May-98 460,514,614 460.51
Jun-98 478,420,480 478.42
Jul-98 532,784,007 532.78
Aug-98 521,631,376 521.63
Sep-98 428,418,596 428.42
Oct-98 444,612,036 444.61
Nov-98 427,617,951 427.62
Dec-98 458,866,699 458.87
Jan-99 384,770,454 384.77
Feb-99 350,177,064 350.18
Mar-99 436,629,761 436.63
Apr-99 435,108,181 435.11
May-99 448,156,292 448.16
Jun-99 491,972,699 491.97
Jul-99 538,646,659 538.65
Aug-99 522,835,256 522.84
Sep-99 390,725,088 390.73
Oct-99 425,674,064 425.67
Nov-99 421,540,247 421.54
Dec-99 442,441,627 442.44
Jan-00 366,548,616 366.55
Feb-00 366,023,396 366.02
Mar-00 452,759,413 452.76
Apr-00 473,339,131 473.34
May-00 479,675,238 479.68
Jun-00 512,798,584 512.80
Jul-00 560,162,374 560.16
Aug-00 554,253,868 554.25
Sep-00 442,994,586 462.00
Oct-00 461,995,030 442.23
Nov-00 442,234,739 461.32
Dec-00 461,316,720 379.28
Jan-01 379,284,616 366.13
Feb-01 366,130,333 448.55
Mar-01 448,551,496 455.15
Apr-01 455,153,892 460.48
May-01 460,481,095 524.05
Jun-01 524,053,764 558.93
Jul-01 558,930,352 557.15
Aug-01 557,145,023 443.72
Sep-01 443,716,699 452.02
Oct-01 452,023,842 446.04
Nov-01 446,042,290 446.04
Dec-01 478,954,252 478.95
Jan-02 398,107,819 398.11
Feb-02 397,785,030 397.79
Mar-02 458,878,067 458.88
Apr-02 453,013,133 453.01
May-02 459,568,018 459.57
Jun-02 494,965,152 494.97
Jul-02 558,930,352 558.93
Aug-02 510,926,144 510.93
Sep-02 382,213,573 382.21
Oct-02 399,039,747 399.04
Nov-02 375,945,497 375.95
Dec-02 448,145,963 448.15
Jan-03 393,225,236 393.23
Feb-03 389,806,796 389.81
Mar-03 472,223,723 472.22
Apr-03 483,447,450 483.45
May-03 483,779,366 483.78
Jun-03 516,859,070 516.86
Jul-03 562,976,962 562.98
Aug-03 552,106,903 552.11
Sep-03 525,345,815 525.35
Oct-03 462,871,250 462.87
Nov-03 448,111,875 448.11
Dec-03 489,178,276 489.18
Jan-04 410,224,432 410.22
Feb-04 389,433,211 389.43
Mar-04 452,512,390 452.51
Apr-04 470,964,328 470.96
May-04 470,495,125 470.50
Jun-04 510,190,745 510.19
Jul-04 549,315,050 549.32
Aug-04 505,400,416 505.40
Sep-04 398,890,601 398.89
Oct-04 436,679,571 436.68
Nov-04 440,169,495 440.17
Dec-04 476,607,133 476.61
Jan-05 378,281,389 378.28
Feb-05 351,346,783 351.35
Mar-05 463,483,641 463.48

Amtrak officially began service in May 1971. Amtrak offers services in 46 states on a 22,000 mile route system. Ridership data are highly seasonal, with July and August being very high seasonal months. In 2000, Amtrak introduced a high-speed rail service in the northeast U.S., which helped increase ridership.

Amtrak Revenue Passenger Miles Mar-04 Mar-05
Amtrak revenue passenger miles (thousands) 452,512 463,484
Percent change from same month previous year -4.17 2.42

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/, as of June 2005.