List of busiest Amtrak stations explained

This is a list of the train stations with the highest Amtrak ridership the United States in the fiscal year 2023 (October 2022 to September 2023). Ridership is defined as the total number of boarding and alightings at a station. Ridership figures since 2015 have been provided for comparative purposes. In the fiscal year 2020, ridership was down significantly across the board due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. These rankings exclude Amtrak-served train stations in Canada. Ridership numbers are for Amtrak only - commuter rail, subway, and other modes are not included.

2021 - 2023

StationCityStateRidership2022-2023 Change
FY 2021FY 2022[1] FY 2023 [2]
1New York Penn StationNew York CityNew York4,061,379[3] align = right 8,008,70010,249,956 27.99%
2Washington Union StationWashington, D.C.District of Columbiaalign = right 1,758,409[4] align = right 3,631,677 4,751,407 30.83%
330th Street StationPhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaalign = right 1,500,043[5] align = right 3,058,3294,197,176 37.24%
4Chicago Union StationChicagoIllinoisalign = right 1,336,525[6] align = right 2,359,0842,722,448 15.40%
5South StationBostonMassachusettsalign = right 679,333[7] align = right 1,216,560 1,538,648 26.48%
7Baltimore Penn StationBaltimoreMaryland446,914[8] 838,5911,081,133 28.92%
6Union StationLos AngelesCalifornia466,417[9] 928,5581,000,243 7.72%
9Union StationNew HavenConnecticut347,544[10] 617,119792,634 28.44%
8RensselaerNew York379,209[11] 640,353790,673 23.45%
10Back Bay StationBostonMassachusettsalign = right 322,928[12] align = right 606,967750,036 23.57%

2015 - 2020

StationCityStateRidership
2015[13] FY 2016[14] FY 2017[15] FY 2018FY 2019[16] FY 2020[17] 2019 - 2020
change
1Penn StationNew York CityNew York10,189,52110,436,90910,397,72910,132,025[18] 10,811,3235,432,851 49.75%
2Washington Union StationWashington4,971,1285,098,5625,225,4605,197,237[19] 5,207,2232,606,059 49.95%
330th Street StationPhiladelphiaPennsylvania4,138,7774,328,7184,411,6624,471,992[20] 4,503,0552,261,194 49.79%
4Chicago Union StationChicagoIllinois3,295,6303,247,1173,388,0513,388,307[21] 3,331,5271,688,452 49.32%
5South StationBostonMassachusetts1,544,1691,574,4501,567,6271,553,953[22] 1,585,216793,113 49.97%
6Union StationLos AngelesCalifornia1,589,3911,635,0391,716,3921,717,405[23] 1,413,006708,925 50.46%
7Sacramento Valley StationSacramentoCalifornia1,027,0131,051,0011,073,5841,089,2231,100,550565,196 48.64%
8Penn StationBaltimoreMaryland993,7211,030,1611,063,6281,041,232[24] 1,043,542538,330 48.41%
9RensselaerNew York825,353885,176803,348800,368806,960450,965 44.12%
10Union StationNew HavenConnecticut698,656642,471627,065697,603[25] 778,534425,723 45.32%

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FY22-Year-End-Revenue-and-Ridership.pdf Amtrak FY22 Ridership
  2. Web site: April 18, 2024 . FY 2023 Company Profile . Amtrak.
  3. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, State of New York. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  4. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, District of Columbia. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  5. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  6. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, State of Illinois. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  7. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  8. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, State of Maryland. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  9. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, State of California. PDF. Amtrak. 2. March 28, 2023.
  10. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, State of Connecticut. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  11. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, State of New York. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  12. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2021, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. PDF. Amtrak. 1. March 28, 2023.
  13. Web site: National Fact Sheet, FY 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160820011533/https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/998/601/Amtrak-National-Fact-Sheet-FY2015,0.pdf . PDF . Amtrak . July 2016 . August 20, 2016 . November 24, 2019.
  14. Web site: National Fact Sheet FY 2016 . Amtrak . July 2017 . January 28, 2018.
  15. Web site: Amtrak Company Profile (FY 2017) . March 2018 . 2 . PDF . June 1, 2020 . Amtrak.
  16. Web site: Amtrak Company Profile (FY 2019) . March 31, 2019 . 2 . PDF . June 1, 2020 . Amtrak.
  17. Web site: Amtrak Company Profile (FY2020) . April 19, 2021 . 3 . PDF . May 5, 2021 . Amtrak.
  18. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of New York . Amtrak . June 2019 . November 23, 2019.
  19. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, District of Columbia . Amtrak . June 2019 . November 23, 2019.
  20. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania . Amtrak . June 2019 . November 23, 2019.
  21. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of Illinois . Amtrak . June 2019 . November 23, 2019.
  22. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Amtrak . June 2019 . November 24, 2019.
  23. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of California . Amtrak . June 2019 . November 24, 2019.
  24. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of Maryland . Amtrak . June 2019 . November 24, 2019.
  25. Web site: Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2018, State of Connecticut . Amtrak . June 2019 . November 24, 2019.