Top 25 Busiest Amtrak stations in the U.S. (place, Los Angeles, people)
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New York, NY
Washington, DC
Philadelphia, PA
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
Boston South Station, MA
Sacramento, CA
Baltimore, MD
Albany-Rensselaer, NY
San Diego, CA
New Haven, CT
Wilmington, DE
Newark, NJ
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Irvine, CA
BWI Airport, MD
Providence, RI
Milwaukee, WI
Emeryville, CA
Harrisburg, PA
Lancaster, PA
Boston Back Bay, MA
Bakersfield, CA
Boston North Station, MA
The Boston-New York-Washington portion of the Northeast Corridor carried 10,899,889 passengers in FY 2011 on Acela Express, Northeast Regional Service or other trains.
• Five other corridors had ridership that topped one million or more:
o Pacific Surfliner service (San Diego-Los Angeles-San Luis Obispo, 2,786,972)
o Capitol Corridor service (San Jose-Oakland-Sacramento-Auburn, 1,708,618)
o Keystone Corridor service (Harrisburg-Philadelphia-New York City, 1,342,507)
o San Joaquin service (Oakland/Sacramento-Bakersfield, 977,834)
o Empire Service (New York-Albany-Niagara Falls, 1,023,698).
• Six other corridors had ridership in excess of a half-million passengers:
o Amtrak Cascades Service (Eugene-Portland-Seattle-Vancouver, B.C.): 852,269
o Hiawatha Service (Chicago-Milwaukee): 819,493
o Washington-Richmond-Newport News segment, Northeast Regional
Service (Washington-Newport News): 557,528
o Lincoln Service (Chicago-St. Louis): 549,465
o Downeaster service (Boston-Portland): 519,668
o Wolverine (Chicago-Detroit-Pontiac): 503,290
The most popular routes are, unsurprisingly, those in the Northeast, California, the Cascades service, and those spokes from Chicago and D.C.
New York, NY
Washington, DC
Philadelphia, PA
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
Boston South Station, MA
Sacramento, CA
Baltimore, MD
Albany-Rensselaer, NY
San Diego, CA
New Haven, CT
Wilmington, DE
Newark, NJ
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Irvine, CA
BWI Airport, MD
Providence, RI
Milwaukee, WI
Emeryville, CA
Harrisburg, PA
Lancaster, PA
Boston Back Bay, MA
Bakersfield, CA
Boston North Station, MA
Trenton is suspiciously missing
would actually expect similar volume to Wilmington DE and Newark NJ
New York, NY
Washington, DC
Philadelphia, PA
Chicago, IL
Los Angeles, CA
Boston South Station, MA
Sacramento, CA
Baltimore, MD
Albany-Rensselaer, NY
San Diego, CA
New Haven, CT
Wilmington, DE
Newark, NJ
Seattle, WA
Portland, OR
Irvine, CA
BWI Airport, MD
Providence, RI
Milwaukee, WI
Emeryville, CA
Harrisburg, PA
Lancaster, PA
Boston Back Bay, MA
Bakersfield, CA
Boston North Station, MA
Also these are just Amtrak
in order by total volume it is
Penn
Grand Central
30th Street
Newark NJ
Union Station
Outside of the NEC and California, it seems Amtrak is more hit and miss. Of course Chicago is the Railroad capitol of the US and maybe even the world.... Metra is a superb example of commuter rail. I do think HSR is a good idea, not for cross country of course, but for the busy urban megaregions we have. Like the NEC, San Diego-Los Angeles-San Francisco, Florida, Dallas-Houston-San Antonio, Chicagoland perhaps...
Outside of the NEC and California, it seems Amtrak is more hit and miss. Of course Chicago is the Railroad capitol of the US and maybe even the world.... Metra is a superb example of commuter rail. I do think HSR is a good idea, not for cross country of course, but for the busy urban megaregions we have. Like the NEC, San Diego-Los Angeles-San Francisco, Florida, Dallas-Houston-San Antonio, Chicagoland perhaps...
"Chicagoland perhaps..." The Midwest is set up, geographically speaking, really well for HSR actually. I'm not sure people seem to fully understand how HSR works when they say it can only work in places like the NEC, there is a big difference in operations and markets for HSR vs regional rail... Then again, maybe people just like to ignore the Midwest...
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