How often does the average person use a train?

Question

I can't find it on the web and desperatley need to know!! My teacher is grading me on this paper and I thought some one might know about just how often the average person uses a rain or even more specificly amtrak! Thank you so much for all of your help I truely and honestly appreciate it!

Answer 1

Depends where they live.  

If they live in New York or San Francisco, probably every day.

If they live in Wyoming, probably never.

Answer 2

The average person in the United States does not use any train in an average year.  While Amtrak is popular, it only serves a small portion of our population.  As for other trains, most are commuter services that only serve people in high-population metropolitan areas such as New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and the like.

By the way, when you do any searches, making sure you spell it correctly--it's Amtrak, not Amtrack.

Here's an item from the Amtrak website that may be of use:

Ridership Tops 25.8 Million, $1.5 Billion in Passenger Revenue  

WASHINGTON — Amtrak ridership in Fiscal Year 2007 increased to 25,847,531, marking the fifth straight year of gains and setting a record for the most passengers using Amtrak trains since the National Railroad Passenger Corporation started operations in 1971.

This total, for the period October 1, 2006-September 30, 2007, topped the 24,306,965 for the previous 12 months and is greater than the passenger count of 25.03 million reached in 2004, before Amtrak transitioned some services to a commuter rail operator.

Total ticket revenue for the fiscal year, $1.5 billion was an 11 percent increase over the $1.37 billion in FY06. If other income from contract services is included, the railroad's total revenue was $2.2 billion for the fiscal year.

Answer 3

Go to google and type in 'amtrack' or 'passenger rail traffic'.

Answer 4

I`m no expert but I would guess may be once if at all.I`m talking if you count the entire U.S.A.