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Rail Capacity Utilization: Rail Passenger Load Factor

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Rail Capacity Utilization: Rail Passenger Load Factor

Amtrak Passenger Load Factor (monthly data)

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Amtrak Passenger Load Factor (monthly data). 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.

Load factor is the percentage of seating or freight capacity which is utilized.

Rail Passenger Load Factor Aug-04 Aug-05
Passenger load factor (percent) 51.2 53.1
Percent change from same month previous year -2.48 3.71

NOTE: The current value is compared to the value from the same month in the previous year to account for seasonality.

SOURCE: Amtrak, "Monthly Performance Reports", available at http://www.amtrak.com/, as of September 2005.