MO: Amtrak Ridership Rolls Up Best-Ever Records
Amtrak carried nearly 30.2 million passengers in Fiscal Year 2011 ending September 30, marking the highest ridership total since the National Railroad Passenger Corp. started operations in 1971 and the eighth ridership record during the last nine years...
These gains came despite service disruptions due to hurricanes, tropical storms and record snows in the busy Northeast Corridor, record flooding in the Central U.S. and heavy construction that temporarily reduced train frequencies on the Chicago-St. Louis route.
The previous Amtrak record for ridership and ticket revenue was set last fiscal year (FY 2010).
