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Table 4-5: Top 50 Amtrak Stations by Number of Boardings: Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Table 4-5: Top 50 Amtrak Stations by Number of Boardings: Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010

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Station Fiscal Year 2009 Fiscal Year 2010
Rank Number of passengers Rank Number of passengers
New York City (Penn Station), NY 1 7,832,874 1 8,377,944
Washington, DC 2 4,278,930 2 4,572,878
Philadelphia 30th St., PA 3 3,675,761 3 3,787,331
Chicago, IL 4 3,080,564 4 3,288,054
Los Angeles, CA 5 1,475,920 5 1,517,342
Boston-South Station, MA 6 1,287,615 6 1,311,205
Sacramento, CA 7 1,109,351 7 1,107,220
Baltimore, MD 8 932,827 8 926,245
Albany-Rensselaer, NY 10 723,913 9 737,259
New Haven, CT 12 661,656 10 723,287
San Diego, CA 9 731,394 11 715,043
Wilmington, DE 11 664,429 12 696,979
Seattle, WA 17 615,735 13 677,953
Portland, OR 15 618,131 14 672,608
Newark, NJ 13 630,939 15 658,089
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD 16 617,349 16 654,151
Irvine, CA 14 629,748 17 630,190
Providence, RI 18 582,296 18 602,474
Milwaukee, WI 19 553,475 19 588,617
Harrisburg, PA 20 539,167 20 547,257
Emeryville, CA 21 520,969 21 529,965
Lancaster, PA 22 492,629 22 514,971
Boston-Back Bay, MA 28 398,240 23 445,074
Trenton, NJ 25 411,869 24 420,533
Boston-North Station, MA 27 403,203 25 418,993
Bakersfield, CA 29 395,254 26 413,172
Fullerton, CA 24 417,649 27 411,489
Martinez, CA 30 394,814 28 410,968
Davis, CA 23 434,779 29 409,611
Solana Beach, CA 26 411,687 30 408,060
Route 128 (Boston), MA 32 366,649 31 394,674
Metropark, NJ 31 369,477 32 388,371
Stamford, CT 34 337,674 33 355,232
Oakland, CA 33 347,538 34 355,128
Fresno, CA 36 334,966 35 352,737
Anaheim, CA 35 335,562 36 331,666
St. Louis, MO 39 278,778 37 321,629
Santa Barbara, CA 40 262,774 38 295,079
Oceanside, CA 37 303,546 39 293,012
Richmond, CA 38 282,357 40 271,486
Richmond - Staples Mill, VA 41 256,006 41 266,343
Sanford, FL (Auto-Train) 42 232,955 42 244,252
Lorton, VA (Auto-Train) 43 232,955 42 244,252
Stockton (San Joaquin St.), CA 45 223,268 44 238,868
San Juan Capistrano, CA 44 224,924 45 223,580
Bloomington/Normal, IL 47 192,682 46 209,629
San Jose, CA 46 206,971 47 202,512
New Orleans, LA 55 157,574 48 200,249
Springfield, IL 50 170,550 49 190,172
Hanford, CA 48 182,446 50 187,865
Top 50 stations, total   40,844,589   42,741,698
United States, all stations   54,126,339   57,146,162
Top 50 stations as percent of U.S. total   75.5   74.8

1 Includes the number of boarding and alighting passengers (on & off the train).

NOTES: Amtrak's fiscal year ends on September 30. The ranking is based on the 2010 data. The total for the top 50 stations in 2009 is not the sum of details in this table since some of the 2009 top 50 stations are not in the top 50 list in 2010.

SOURCE: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak), News & Media, State Fact Sheets, available at http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayout&cid=1246041980432 as of Jun. 29, 2011.