About this episode

The episode discusses the rising ridership numbers of Amtrak and analyzes recent projects and their performance against projections.

“Passenger rail is dead” gets thrown around like it’s a fact, but the ridership numbers keep refusing to cooperate. We zoom out to Amtrak’s systemwide performance first, including record highs of 32.8 million rides in FY24 and 34.5 million trips in FY25, then we go route-by-route to see what happens when new service meets real demand. We break down five recent Amtrak projects and compare early ridership to the projections that justified each launch. The Ethan Allen Express extension to Burli...

People in this episode

Hosts: Louis, Chris

Topics covered

• Amtrak
• ridership
• passenger rail
• transportation projects
• service demand

Keywords

• Amtrak
• ridership
• passenger rail
• transportation
• Ethan Allen Express

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Amtrak

Places: Burli

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