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.