I, while waiting for someone to bother to publish June’s report, threw together this competitive ranking chart of MAY YTD 2019 and MAY YTD 2024. It may be neat to looks at how one’s choice routes stack up. It also helps sho national trends, the significant missing ridership on the old major corridors, the rapid growth of some smaller ones, the issues with long distance, and the rapid and exponential growth of the NER. I’d be curious what else people might find.
Rank | 2019 | 2024 |
1 | NER 5,822.9 | NER 7051.9 |
2 | Acela 2,377.9 | Acela 2,127.6 |
3 | PacSurf 1,743.6 | PacSurf 1,219.8 |
4 | CapCor 1,181.2 | Emp S 883.8 |
5 | Keystone 1,054.7 | Keystone 870.1 |
6 | EmpS 795.1 | CapCor 689.7 |
7 | SanJoaquin 709 | San Joaquin 601.7 |
8 | Hiawatha 562.8 | Cascades 546.3 |
9 | Cascade 504.7 | Hiawatha 438.2 |
10 | Lincoln 406.5 | Springfield S 396.4 |
11 | Downeaster 345.1 | Lincoln 375.7 |
12 | Wolverine 321.1 | Downeaster 374.9 |
13 | Starlight 268.9 | WAS-NFK 332.2 |
14 | Silver Star 262.1 | Empire N 321.1 |
15 | CA Zephyr 260.5 | Wolverine 276.5 |
16 | Empire B 253.6 | Lakeshore Ltd 260.7 |
17 | Empire N 245.0 | Silver Star 253.6 |
18 | Springfield S 235.6 | Piedmont 243.9 |
19 | Silver Meteor 229.1 | WAS-NPN 242.7 |
20 | Palmetto 224.6 | Palmetto 241.1 |
21 | Lakeshore Ltd 223.5 | Empire Builder 235.5 |
22 | WAS-NPN 215.7 | Starlight 235 |
23 | Eagle 209.7 | CA Zephyr 233.3 |
24 | SW Chief 204.4 | Carolinian 229.7 |
25 | Crescent 189.2 | WAS-RNK 221.9 |
26 | Illini 176.9 | Eagle 215.1 |
27 | Carolinian 169.6 | Crescent 203.5 |
28 | Auto Train 158.4 | Illini 195.8 |
29 | CONO 156.1 | Silver Meteor 193.5 |
30 | Piedmont 147.5 | Auto Train 182.7 |
31 | WAS-LYN 143.6 | SW Chief 167.5 |
32 | PA 137.7 | CONO 159.2 |
33 | WAS-NFK 128.4 | PA 148.3 |
34 | Capitol Ltd 127.1 | MO River 116.5 |
35 | IL Zephyr 125.7 | Blue Water 108.4 |
36 | Blue Water 116.2 | Capitol Ltd. 101.6 |
37 | MO River 101.7 | WAS-RVR 97.0 |
38 | WAS-RVR 90.9 | IL Zephyr 90.8 |
39 | Adirondack 69.2 | Vermonter 72.5 |
40 | Cardinal 68.7 | Cardinal 60.5 |
41 | Vermonter 63.8 | P. Marquette 58.3 |
42 | P. Marquette 60.8 | Ethan Allen 56.9 |
43 | Sunset Ltd 60.5 | Adirondack 55.7 |
44 | Heartland 43.7 | Sunset Ltd. 52.6 |
45 | Ethan Allen 30.6 | Heartland 51.2 |