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Table 4-5: Top 50 Amtrak Stations by Number of Passengers(1): Fiscal Years 2012 and 2013

Monday, September 15, 2014

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Station Fiscal Year 2012 Fiscal Year 2013
Rank Number of passengers Rank Number of passengers
New York City (Penn Station), NY 1 9,493,414 1 9,556,424
Washington, DC 2 5,013,991 2 5,033,392
Philadelphia 30th St., PA 3 4,068,540 3 4,125,503
Chicago, IL 4 3,483,313 4 3,522,388
Los Angeles, CA 5 1,657,446 5 1,643,706
Boston-South Station, MA 6 1,447,501 6 1,434,148
Sacramento, CA 7 1,186,958 7 1,132,750
Baltimore, MD 8 1,028,909 8 1,065,576
Albany-Rensselaer, NY 9 769,413 9 764,898
New Haven, CT 10 755,669 10 745,530
Wilmington, DE 11 737,846 11 738,313
BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport, MD 13 703,604 12 710,513
San Diego, CA 12 708,934 13 686,953
Providence, RI 16 669,576 14 660,267
Newark, NJ 14 680,803 15 656,822
Portland, OR 17 668,823 16 652,455
Seattle, WA 15 672,351 17 640,054
Milwaukee, WI 18 632,078 18 617,153
Emeryville, CA 19 586,876 19 598,859
Lancaster, PA 21 559,364 20 578,731
Harrisburg, PA 20 571,217 21 571,940
Bakersfield, CA 23 507,058 22 546,439
Boston-Back Bay, MA 22 528,040 23 540,770
Boston-North Station, MA 25 473,912 24 475,447
Martinez, CA 24 475,909 25 473,836
Solana Beach, CA 29 421,614 26 428,841
Route 128 (Boston), MA 27 444,058 27 426,032
Trenton, NJ 30 419,446 28 425,075
Irvine, CA 28 421,619 29 425,041
Davis, CA 26 445,416 30 424,114
Oakland, CA 31 416,800 31 405,627
Fresno, CA 32 394,074 32 399,141
Stamford, CT 34 393,703 33 388,733
Oceanside, CA 38 344,562 34 384,786
Metropark, NJ 33 393,713 35 383,353
St. Louis, MO 36 353,696 36 378,146
Richmond - Staples Mill, VA 37 345,657 37 372,592
Anaheim, CA 35 358,810 38 342,284
Santa Barbara, CA 40 304,382 39 322,410
Fullerton, CA 39 310,694 40 313,949
Stockton (San Joaquin St.), CA 42 277,926 41 295,344
Richmond, CA 41 281,999 42 266,237
Sanford (Auto Train Station), FL 43 264,096 43 265,274
Lorton (Auto Train), VA 44 264,096 44 265,274
Bloomington/Normal, IL 46 239,981 45 263,235
San Jose, CA 47 234,767 46 258,776
San Juan Capistrano, CA 45 244,992 47 242,722
Hanford, CA 50 210,682 48 225,708
New Orleans, LA 48 222,828 49 212,426
Santa Ana, CA 51 201,842 50 202,919
Top 50 stations, total   46,305,869   46,490,906
United States, all stations   62,183,278   62,841,752
Top 50 stations as percent of U.S. total   74.5   74.0

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

NOTES: Amtrak's fiscal year ends on September 30. Ranking is based on the 2013 data. The total for the top 50 stations in 2012 is not the sum of stations in this table since some of the 2012 top 50 stations are not in the top 50 list in 2013.

SOURCE: National Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak) available at http://www.amtrak.com/servlet/ContentServer?c=Page&pagename=am%2FLayout&cid=1246041980432 as of July 2014.