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Amtrak is extremely popular in the Northeast Corridor. The Acela has 3,442,188 yearly riders. 10 million Amtrak passengers pass through Penn Station every year.

Amtrak is extremely popular in the Northeast Corridor. The Acela has 3,442,188 yearly riders. 10 million Amtrak passengers pass through Penn Station every year. The Northeast Corridor line has 12 million yearly riders. - https://media.amtrak.com/2017/11/amtrak-sets-ridership-revenue-and-earnings-records/ https://media.amtrak.com/2017/11/amtrak-sets-ridership-reven... - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_Amtrak_stations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_busiest_Amtrak_station... - https://www.railpassengers.org/all-aboard/tools-info/ridership-statistics/ https://www.railpassengers.org/all-aboard/tools-info/ridersh...

FireBeyond 8y ago
> The Acela has 3,442,188 yearly riders. Divided by about 200 workdays a year and you end up with about 17,000. Even tripling that as you adjust for things and you probably have less than 25,000 semi-regular riders or better.
- dionidium 8y ago
  That's an odd accounting. Acela isn't commuter rail. I'm sure some people use it for regular commuting, but your numbers seem to suggest that's its primary use. It's not.
CaptainZapp 8y ago
Just to put that in perspective : Shinjuku station in Tokyo (the world's busiest train station by passenger count) serves 3.64 million passengers per day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Station https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinjuku_Station
- dionidium 8y ago
  Your numbers for that station include inter-city rail, commuter rail, and subway lines. My numbers were only for Amtrak (inter-city rail). If everything is included, then Penn Station serves about 600k passengers per day.