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Ridership statistics

Michigan Services ridership stats for April 2009

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  NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
                   
  SUMMARIZED FY 2009 MICHIGAN RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE RESULTS*
                   
  COMPARATIVE SUMMARY – MONTH OF April 2009 VERSUS 2008
                   
  MONTH  ENDED APRIL 30, 2009 VERSUS 2008  *
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
   April   April  Increase/(Decrease)    April   April  Increase/(Decrease)
Corridor/Service  2009   2008 Amount Percentage    2009   2008 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water                11,327         10,755              572 5.3%    $     331,340  $        302,218  $     29,122 9.6%
                   
Pere Marquette                 8,547           9,055             (508) -5.6%          228,070            227,038           1,032 0.5%
                     
Wolverine                35,722         36,540             (818) -2.2%        1,154,297         1,104,545         49,752 4.5%
Total 55,596 56,350 (754) -1.3%    $  1,713,707  $      1,633,801  $     79,906 4.9%
                   
                   
  FISCAL YEAR-TO-DATE 2009 – SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2009 VS. 2008
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
Corridor/Service    Year-To-Date APRIL 30, Increase/(Decrease)      Year-To-Date APRIL 30, Increase/(Decrease)
   2009  2008 Amount Percentage    2009  2008 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water                75,975         74,390           1,585 2.1%    $  2,272,553  $      2,129,587  $    142,966 6.7%
                     
Pere Marquette                57,486         61,230          (3,744) -6.1%        1,571,422         1,567,894           3,528 0.2%
                       
Wolverine              249,815       260,917        (11,102) -4.3%        8,348,980         8,496,581      (147,601) -1.7%
Total 383,276 396,537 (13,261) -3.3%    $12,192,955  $    12,194,062  $      (1,107) 0%
                   
                   
                   
                   
* Per April 2009 Ridership and Revenue Report (FY09)              
Ridership statistics

Amtrak stats for April 2009

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April FY09
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY09 FY08 Budget FY08 Budget FY09 FY08 Budget FY08 Budget
1 – Acela   262,890 309,906 321,184 -15.2 -18.1 $35,843,470 $42,716,253 $46,265,820 -16.1 -22.5
5 – Northeast Regional   601,829 639,117 652,428 -5.8 -7.8 $37,652,753 $40,168,473 $42,878,347 -6.3 -12.2
99 – Special Trains   620 900 500 -31.1 +24.0 $131,900 $242,666 $160,000 -45.6 -17.6
Subtotal   865,339 949,923 974,112 -8.9 -11.2 $73,628,123 $83,127,392 $89,304,167 -11.4 -17.6
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   3,466 3,214 3,308 +7.8 +4.8 $169,362 $161,178 $174,187 +5.1 -2.8
4 – Vermonter   5,613 5,198 5,377 +8.0 +4.4 $301,036 $273,524 $296,320 +10.1 +1.6
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   28,771 25,321 26,462 +13.6 +8.7 $1,584,175 $1,534,584 $1,681,588 +3.2 -5.8
9 – Downeaster   41,018 42,810 45,116 -4.2 -9.1 $580,195 $582,086 $606,973 -0.3 -4.4
12 – New Haven-Springfield   26,012 28,695 30,153 -9.4 -13.7 $774,663 $805,069 $893,928 -3.8 -13.3
14 – Keystone   101,898 97,864 102,833 +4.1 -0.9 $2,046,672 $1,949,439 $2,152,888 +5.0 -4.9
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   77,304 81,048 85,006 -4.6 -9.1 $3,009,054 $3,322,045 $3,668,239 -9.4 -18.0
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   40,576 34,499 37,551 +17.6 +8.1 $840,102 $729,768 $776,099 +15.1 +8.2
21 – Hiawatha   59,189 56,506 60,102 +4.7 -1.5 $1,041,160 $975,943 $1,057,275 +6.7 -1.5
22 – Wolverine   35,722 36,540 38,727 -2.2 -7.8 $1,154,297 $1,104,545 $1,212,748 +4.5 -4.8
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   20,721 20,390 22,163 +1.6 -6.5 $557,709 $532,281 $566,151 +4.8 -1.5
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   17,109 16,126 17,496 +6.1 -2.2 $394,391 $375,794 $398,544 +4.9 -1.0
29 – Heartland Flyer   4,972 5,362 5,687 -7.3 -12.6 $105,164 $101,427 $110,155 +3.7 -4.5
35 – Pacific Surfliner   219,229 213,369 229,507 +2.7 -4.5 $3,820,810 $3,255,674 $3,629,011 +17.4 +5.3
36 – Cascades   57,175 61,955 65,876 -7.7 -13.2 $1,489,619 $1,559,558 $1,722,578 -4.5 -13.5
37 – Capitol Corridor   138,623 145,234 154,495 -4.6 -10.3 $1,909,012 $1,790,054 $1,973,918 +6.6 -3.3
39 – San Joaquin   79,108 68,334 75,476 +15.8 +4.8 $2,225,958 $2,008,936 $2,236,493 +10.8 -0.5
40 – Adirondack   7,375 6,828 7,100 +8.0 +3.9 $378,005 $331,398 $365,003 +14.1 +3.6
41 – Blue Water   11,327 10,755 11,401 +5.3 -0.6 $331,340 $302,218 $330,420 +9.6 +0.3
47 – Washington-Newport News   39,914 35,030 36,827 +13.9 +8.4 $2,089,820 $1,884,732 $2,101,870 +10.9 -0.6
54 – Hoosier State   2,355 2,368 2,522 -0.5 -6.6 $49,613 $47,715 $52,088 +4.0 -4.8
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   11,708 11,342 11,970 +3.2 -2.2 $229,100 $215,641 $233,693 +6.2 -2.0
57 – Pennsylvanian   15,256 14,915 15,458 +2.3 -1.3 $581,114 $538,289 $589,867 +8.0 -1.5
65 – Pere Marquette   8,547 9,055 9,591 -5.6 -10.9 $228,070 $227,038 $246,657 +0.5 -7.5
66 – Carolinian   18,690 25,689 27,109 -27.2 -31.1 $858,780 $1,269,384 $1,366,023 -32.3 -37.1
67 – Piedmont   6,197 5,169 5,489 +19.9 +12.9 $96,956 $82,905 $89,756 +16.9 +8.0
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $333,955 $613,336 $615,246 -45.6 -45.7
96 – Special Trains    100 380 1,000 -73.7 -90.0 $27,200 $424,942 $300,000 -93.6 -90.9
Subtotal   1,077,975 1,063,996 1,133,802 +1.3 -4.9 $27,207,330 $26,999,505 $29,447,720 +0.8 -7.6
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   31,343 29,638 30,445 +5.8 +2.9 $2,429,776 $2,275,715 $2,397,573 +6.8 +1.3
18 – Cardinal   8,668 8,495 8,771 +2.0 -1.2 $497,066 $479,227 $507,097 +3.7 -2.0
19 – Silver Meteor   27,667 26,754 27,445 +3.4 +0.8 $2,984,775 $2,558,222 $2,691,847 +16.7 +10.9
25 – Empire Builder   31,222 37,360 39,074 -16.4 -20.1 $2,619,860 $3,404,013 $3,693,764 -23.0 -29.1
26 – Capitol Ltd.   16,482 16,027 16,512 +2.8 -0.2 $1,340,647 $1,262,651 $1,338,995 +6.2 +0.1
27 – California Zephyr   23,747 23,943 24,951 -0.8 -4.8 $2,476,559 $2,501,629 $2,690,144 -1.0 -7.9
28 – Southwest Chief   22,944 23,749 24,672 -3.4 -7.0 $2,568,841 $2,750,693 $2,934,164 -6.6 -12.5
30 – City of New Orleans   15,522 14,676 15,099 +5.8 +2.8 $1,177,497 $1,103,459 $1,173,279 +6.7 +0.4
32 – Texas Eagle   19,016 16,200 16,757 +17.4 +13.5 $1,407,716 $1,251,919 $1,323,693 +12.4 +6.3
33 – Sunset Ltd.   6,118 4,895 5,107 +25.0 +19.8 $594,495 $557,975 $597,182 +6.5 -0.4
34 – Coast Starlight   32,170 20,670 28,473 +55.6 +13.0 $2,260,205 $756,149 $2,401,876 +198.9 -5.9
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   26,103 25,700 26,566 +1.6 -1.7 $1,689,435 $1,711,298 $1,806,475 -1.3 -6.5
48 – Palmetto   15,911 14,181 14,580 +12.2 +9.1 $922,671 $1,032,560 $1,092,928 -10.6 -15.6
52 – Crescent   25,146 23,653 24,301 +6.3 +3.5 $2,264,823 $2,157,964 $2,284,821 +5.0 -0.9
63 – Auto Train   21,294 20,274 20,844 +5.0 +2.2 $6,330,464 $5,814,489 $6,084,107 +8.9 +4.0
Subtotal   323,353 306,215 323,597 +5.6 -0.1 $31,564,830 $29,617,963 $33,017,945 +6.6 -4.4
                       
Amtrak Total   2,266,667 2,320,134 2,431,511 -2.3 -6.8 $132,400,283 $139,744,860 $151,769,832 -5.3 -12.8
Ridership statistics

Michigan Services ridership stats for March 2009

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  NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
                   
  SUMMARIZED FY 2009 MICHIGAN RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE RESULTS*
                   
  COMPARATIVE SUMMARY – MONTH OF MARCH 2009 VERSUS 2008
                   
  MONTH  ENDED MARCH 31, 2009 VERSUS 2008  *
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
   March   March  Increase/(Decrease)    March   March  Increase/(Decrease)
Corridor/Service  2009   2008 Amount Percentage    2009   2008 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water                10,503         11,175             (672) -6.0%    $     306,090  $        328,089  $    (21,999) -6.7%
                   
Pere Marquette                 7,556           9,234          (1,678) -18.2%          194,735            242,422        (47,687) -19.7%
                     
Wolverine                33,915         40,115          (6,200) -15.5%        1,066,218         1,376,379      (310,161) -22.5%
Totals 51,974 60,524 (8,550) -14.1%    $  1,567,043  $      1,946,890  $   (379,847) -19.5%
                   
                   
  FISCAL YEAR-TO-DATE 2009 – SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2009 VS. 2008
                   
  Ridership *   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) *
Corridor/Service    Year-To-Date MARCH 31, Increase/(Decrease)      Year-To-Date MARCH 31, Increase/(Decrease)
   2009  2008 Amount Percentage    2009  2008 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water                64,648         63,635           1,013 1.6%    $  1,941,213  $      1,827,369  $    113,844 6.2%
                     
Pere Marquette                48,939         52,175          (3,236) -6.2%        1,343,352         1,340,857           2,495 0.2%
                     
Wolverine              214,093       224,377        (10,284) -4.6%        7,194,683         7,392,035      (197,352) -2.7%
Totals 327,680 340,187 (12,507) -3.7%    $10,479,248  $    10,560,261  $    (81,013) -0.8%
                   
                   
                   
                   
* Per March 2009 Ridership and Revenue Report (FY09)              
Ridership statistics

Amtrak stats for March 2009

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March FY09
                       
    Ridership Ticket Revenue
          % change vs.         % change vs.  
NEC Spine FY09 FY08 Budget FY08 Budget FY09 FY08 Budget FY08 Budget
1 – Acela   263,970 288,354 302,678 -8.5 -12.8 $36,003,989 $39,258,380 $43,171,175 -8.3 -16.6
5 – Northeast Regional   548,695 643,517 657,143 -14.7 -16.5 $34,353,846 $41,023,795 $43,596,208 -16.3 -21.2
99 – Special Trains   460 721 1,000 -36.2 -54.0 $40,900 $89,184 $120,000 -54.1 -65.9
Subtotal   813,125 932,592 960,821 -12.8 -15.4 $70,398,735 $80,371,359 $86,887,383 -12.4 -19.0
State Supported and Other Short Distance Corridors                    
3 – Ethan Allen   3,501 4,086 4,197 -14.3 -16.6 $180,859 $215,965 $230,643 -16.3 -21.6
4 – Vermonter   5,946 6,433 6,651 -7.6 -10.6 $323,308 $355,328 $380,534 -9.0 -15.0
7 – Albany-Niagara Falls-Toronto   25,892 29,981 31,116 -13.6 -16.8 $1,462,688 $1,854,961 $1,976,832 -21.1 -26.0
9 – Downeaster   35,362 36,773 38,968 -3.8 -9.3 $494,618 $502,672 $527,812 -1.6 -6.3
12 – New Haven-Springfield   25,762 28,705 30,100 -10.3 -14.4 $703,181 $829,616 $909,975 -15.2 -22.7
14 – Keystone   104,749 100,115 105,234 +4.6 -0.5 $2,074,589 $2,104,110 $2,312,331 -1.4 -10.3
15 – Empire (NYP-ALB)   73,654 82,196 86,251 -10.4 -14.6 $2,908,016 $3,465,377 $3,829,673 -16.1 -24.1
20 – Chicago-St. Louis (Lincoln Service)   42,923 42,932 46,355 -0.0 -7.4 $921,772 $1,009,491 $1,060,479 -8.7 -13.1
21 – Hiawatha   55,777 62,399 66,198 -10.6 -15.7 $988,191 $1,074,808 $1,157,444 -8.1 -14.6
22 – Wolverine   33,915 40,115 42,345 -15.5 -19.9 $1,066,218 $1,376,379 $1,480,437 -22.5 -28.0
23 – Chicago-Carbondale (Illini/Saluki)   22,705 24,581 26,592 -7.6 -14.6 $641,697 $711,796 $749,597 -9.8 -14.4
24 – Chicago-Quincy (IL Zephyr/Carl Sandburg)   16,655 17,240 18,628 -3.4 -10.6 $383,574 $420,342 $442,120 -8.7 -13.2
29 – Heartland Flyer   7,615 7,429 7,864 +2.5 -3.2 $167,569 $161,281 $174,706 +3.9 -4.1
35 – Pacific Surfliner   202,409 248,808 266,359 -18.6 -24.0 $3,472,996 $4,166,311 $4,545,326 -16.6 -23.6
36 – Cascades   60,155 64,683 68,682 -7.0 -12.4 $1,640,707 $1,783,321 $1,953,448 -8.0 -16.0
37 – Capitol Corridor   126,646 138,211 147,027 -8.4 -13.9 $1,748,983 $1,907,636 $2,082,247 -8.3 -16.0
39 – San Joaquin   71,043 78,368 86,398 -9.3 -17.8 $2,069,019 $2,270,691 $2,483,236 -8.9 -16.7
40 – Adirondack   7,739 9,370 9,711 -17.4 -20.3 $400,201 $463,193 $498,499 -13.6 -19.7
41 – Blue Water   10,503 11,175 11,827 -6.0 -11.2 $306,090 $328,089 $355,212 -6.7 -13.8
47 – Washington-Newport News   31,420 39,200 40,889 -19.8 -23.2 $1,627,240 $2,164,757 $2,333,164 -24.8 -30.3
54 – Hoosier State   3,016 2,948 3,111 +2.3 -3.1 $62,477 $64,030 $68,492 -2.4 -8.8
56 – Kansas City-St. Louis (MO River Runner)   12,518 13,027 13,833 -3.9 -9.5 $251,345 $272,286 $298,152 -7.7 -15.7
57 – Pennsylvanian   15,521 16,995 17,572 -8.7 -11.7 $603,756 $648,864 $700,946 -7.0 -13.9
65 – Pere Marquette   7,556 9,234 9,748 -18.2 -22.5 $194,735 $242,422 $260,708 -19.7 -25.3
66 – Carolinian   14,302 25,989 27,265 -45.0 -47.5 $632,083 $1,387,553 $1,462,848 -54.4 -56.8
67 – Piedmont   4,758 5,901 6,257 -19.4 -24.0 $78,132 $96,393 $103,280 -18.9 -24.3
74-81 – Buses   – – – – – $381,074 $373,672 $374,842 +2.0 +1.7
96 – Special Trains    3,810 4,131 4,500 -7.8 -15.3 $207,300 $462,287 $600,000 -55.2 -65.5
Subtotal   1,025,852 1,151,025 1,223,678 -10.9 -16.2 $25,992,419 $30,713,633 $33,352,985 -15.4 -22.1
Long Distance                    
16 – Silver Star   31,028 30,552 31,395 +1.6 -1.2 $2,165,817 $2,475,660 $2,601,648 -12.5 -16.8
18 – Cardinal   8,311 9,231 9,535 -10.0 -12.8 $457,982 $517,928 $546,861 -11.6 -16.3
19 – Silver Meteor   28,368 27,392 28,107 +3.6 +0.9 $2,835,466 $2,778,183 $2,914,002 +2.1 -2.7
25 – Empire Builder   39,603 46,511 49,139 -14.9 -19.4 $3,338,607 $3,954,068 $4,329,467 -15.6 -22.9
26 – Capitol Ltd.   15,804 17,512 18,024 -9.8 -12.3 $1,203,653 $1,296,226 $1,365,948 -7.1 -11.9
27 – California Zephyr   28,701 31,735 33,091 -9.6 -13.3 $2,518,469 $2,866,172 $3,073,017 -12.1 -18.0
28 – Southwest Chief   25,615 28,208 29,611 -9.2 -13.5 $2,772,434 $3,246,316 $3,482,529 -14.6 -20.4
30 – City of New Orleans   17,547 18,728 19,442 -6.3 -9.7 $1,318,078 $1,429,383 $1,520,277 -7.8 -13.3
32 – Texas Eagle   22,648 20,956 21,662 +8.1 +4.6 $1,590,687 $1,450,206 $1,536,265 +9.7 +3.5
33 – Sunset Ltd.   6,849 5,758 6,012 +18.9 +13.9 $657,405 $601,470 $641,858 +9.3 +2.4
34 – Coast Starlight   32,978 11,630 26,582 +183.6 +24.1 $2,198,102 $422,488 $2,229,039 +420.3 -1.4
45 – Lake Shore Ltd.   25,617 28,640 29,552 -10.6 -13.3 $1,569,081 $1,753,103 $1,837,739 -10.5 -14.6
48 – Palmetto   13,415 15,620 16,037 -14.1 -16.3 $700,948 $1,138,842 $1,193,077 -38.5 -41.2
52 – Crescent   25,013 24,819 25,737 +0.8 -2.8 $2,261,230 $2,208,073 $2,353,395 +2.4 -3.9
63 – Auto Train   19,710 22,623 23,480 -12.9 -16.1 $5,189,645 $5,761,093 $6,048,291 -9.9 -14.2
Subtotal   341,207 339,915 367,406 +0.4 -7.1 $30,777,603 $31,899,208 $35,673,410 -3.5 -13.7
                       
Amtrak Total   2,180,184 2,423,532 2,551,905 -10.0 -14.6 $127,168,757 $142,984,201 $155,913,779 -11.1 -18.4
Ridership statistics

Michigan Services ridership stats for February 2009

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  NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)
                   
  SUMMARIZED FY 2009 MICHIGAN RIDERSHIP AND REVENUE RESULTS*
                   
  COMPARATIVE SUMMARY – MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2009 VERSUS 2008
                   
  MONTH  ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2009 VERSUS 2008  **
                   
  Ridership **   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) **
   February   February  Increase/(Decrease)    February   February  Increase/(Decrease)
Corridor/Service  2009   2008 Amount Percentage    2009   2008 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water                 8,624           9,208             (584) -6.3%    $     230,717  $        246,483  $    (15,766) -6.4%
                   
Pere Marquette                 6,430           7,857          (1,427) -18.2%          166,094            199,396        (33,302) -16.7%
                     
Wolverine                29,471         34,639          (5,168) -14.9%          940,663         1,110,168      (169,505) -15.3%
Total 44,525 51,704 (7,179) -13.9%    $  1,337,474  $      1,556,047  $   (218,573) -14.0%
                   
                   
  FISCAL YEAR-TO-DATE 2009 – FIVE MONTHS ENDED FEBRUARY 28, 2009 VS. 2008
                   
  Ridership **   Ticket Revenue (In Dollars) **
Corridor/Service    Year-To-Date FEBRUARY 28, Increase/(Decrease)      Year-To-Date FEBRUARY 28, Increase/(Decrease)
   2009  2008 Amount Percentage    2009  2008 Amount Percentage
                   
Blue Water                54,145         52,460           1,685 3.2%    $  1,635,123  $      1,499,280  $    135,843 9.1%
                     
Pere Marquette                41,383         42,941          (1,558) -3.6%        1,148,617         1,098,434         50,183 4.6%
                     
Wolverine              180,178       184,262          (4,084) -2.2%        6,128,465         6,015,656       112,809 1.9%
Total 275,706 279,663 (3,957) -1.4%    $  8,912,205  $      8,613,370  $    298,835 3.5%
                   
                   
                   
                   
* Per January 2009 Ridership and Revenue Report (FY09)              
**  February 2008 was a leap year period containing one additional day of operation.