Amtrak continually tells us about how many passengers they put into seats in the Northeast corridor. What many suspect because of far longer travel distances, but never can get Amtrak to say, is that in passenger miles (passenger mile = one passenger riding for one mile), and is said by some to be the most proper measure of how much transportation is being produced … the Northeast Corridor is the least productive part of the company. Here are the statistics that Amtrak doesn’t tell us for FY 2014.
PASSENGER MILES
Includes over 3 million on NEC Spine Special Trains, and over 4 million on State Corridor Special Trains; none on Long Distance Special Trains
- NEC Spine – 1,931,319,000
- State Corridors – 1,961,953,000
- Long Distance – 2,760,957,000
TRAIN MILES
Includes 14,000 on NEC Spine Special Trains, 10,000 on State Corridor Special Trains; none on Long Distance Special Trains
- NEC Spine – 9,094,000
- State Corridors – 15,232,000
- Long Distance – 14,732,000
SEAT MILES
Includes over 9.2 million on NEC Spine Special Trains, 5.9 million on State Corridor Special Trains; none on Long Distance Special Trains
- NEC Spine – 3,462,836,268
- State Corridors – 4,607,897,790
- Long Distance – 4,678,361,006
LOAD FACTOR
Load factors on NEC Special Trains 33.8%, State Corridor Special Trains 72.2%, no Long Distance Special Trains
- NEC Spine – 55.8%
- State Corridors – 42.6%
- Long Distance – 59.0%