Amtrak sets more 2019 records

摘要

AMTRAK CONTINUES TO DELIVER ever-increasing performance metrics across its national network, led by an impressive growth in revenue extracted from lesser gains in passenger-miles and ridership (see table). As usual, the 15 trains that travel more than 750 miles (even though most of their passengers do not) led in the passenger-miles category — even though state-supported services and Northeast Corridor Acela Express and Northeast Regional departures are far more numerous. Amtrak doesn't tout this statistic because doing so wouldn't fit its narrative that long-distance trains are unwanted anachronisms.