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Use of Passenger Rail: Revenue Passenger Miles

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Use of Passenger Rail: Revenue Passenger Miles

Monthly data, not seasonally adjusted

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The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) officially began service in May 1971. Amtrak offers services in 46 states on a network of over 22,000 track miles. Ridership data are 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 Revenue Passenger Miles Aug-07 Aug-08
Amtrak revenue passenger miles (millions) 564.0 614.9
Percent change from same month previous year 8.00 9.02

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.