Alameda Corridor Figures Don't Add Up!

[Anonymous]

In the July 2005 issue of TRAINS, in the "Arrivals and Departures" column:

"More than 44,000 trains used the corridor in 2004, up 11.4%...Some 5,514 containers rode the corridor last year, a 33.9% gain from 4,117 ub 2002."

These numbers just don't seem to compute. 5,514 containers per year only works out to be 15.106 containers per day! This, despite the fact that 44,000+ trains used the corridor all year (an average of 120/day). That is only .12 containers per train! Any insights?

[jeaton]

The users of the line like to run a lot of trains?

Try missing zeros.