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Figure 2-20 Amtrak Ridership: FY2000–FY2015

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

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Millions of passengers

Year Ridership
2000 20.9
2001 23.6
2002 23.5
2003 24.0
2004 25.0
2005 25.4
2006 24.4
2007 25.8
2008 28.7
2009 27.2
2010 28.7
2011 30.7
2012 31.0
2013 30.9
2014 30.9
2015 30.9

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, Office of Safety Analysis, as cited in USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Multimodal Transportation Statistics, available at www.bts.gov as of February 2016.