{"id":1792618,"date":"2023-01-02T08:19:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:19:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1792618"},"modified":"2023-01-02T08:20:01","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T13:20:01","slug":"amtrak-ridership-still-not-at-pre-pandemic-levels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amtrak-ridership-still-not-at-pre-pandemic-levels\/","title":{"rendered":"Amtrak Ridership is still not at Pre-Pandemic Levels"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Famtrak-ridership-still-not-at-pre-pandemic-levels%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1792618&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2020-06\/GettyImages-1190440972.jpg?h=199d8c1f&#038;itok=ALSDnJrt\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square). Amtrak saw an increase in ridership in fiscal 2022, but it is still at 72% of pre-pandemic peak levels, according data released by the transit company.<\/p>\n<p>The National Railroad Passenger Corporation \u2013 Amtrak&#8217;s official name \u2013 is still not close to full recovery in ticket sales and food and beverage revenue.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak releases fiscal year <a href=\"https:\/\/media.amtrak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/FY22-Year-End-Revenue-and-Ridership.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022<\/a> Data shows that the country is slowly recovering from the pandemic, which severely affected all forms and modes of transit in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>In fiscal year 2013, ridership reached 32.5 millions <a href=\"http:\/\/media.amtrak.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/FY21-Year-End-Revenue-and-Ridership.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2019<\/a>. Ridership dropped to 16.8million in 2020 after the pandemic. It then fell again to 12.2million in 2021. Amtrak&#8217;s ridership jumped to 22.9million in 2022, an 88% rise.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak saw significant increases in ticket sales and food and drink revenue between 2021 and 2022. It is still not at pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak had $2.3 billion in ticket revenue in 2019, before the pandemic. Another $143.9million was earned in food and beverages money. The revenue from tickets fell to $872.7million in 2021 and rose to $1.8 billion by 2022. Also, food and beverage revenue grew to 44,000,000, far exceeding the $23 million in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak is subsidised by taxpayers across the country because ticket and food revenue doesn&#8217;t cover its overall operating costs. This was even before the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak&#8217;s total revenue was $2.99 Billion in 2022. This is lower than the $3.5B in 2019 revenues.<\/p>\n<p>Amtrak received $3.7 billion combined in federal COVID relief money for 2020 and 2021. Amtrak claims it has a history involving operating losses. &#8220;is dependent upon substantial Federal Government subsidies to sustain its operations &#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(The Center Square). Amtrak saw an increase in ridership in fiscal 2022, but it is still at 72% of pre-pandemic peak levels, according data released by the transit company. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation \u2013 Amtrak&#8217;s official name \u2013 is still not close to full recovery in ticket sales and food and beverage revenue. 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