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[quote user="V.Payne"] It is cheaper to just leave the consist alone than change it out to tailer the supply at the point of greatest demand.  I really don't know what total occupancy over the route tells you. The percentage of occupancy at the highest demand point tells you if you could expand. I don't know if the vision report was really meant to answer the question of incremental cost. My understanding would be about $0.05/pm for a subisdy, everything included. [/quote] The average load factor gives one an idea of how well the assets are being utilized. Clearly, there could be points along the route or times during the year when the capacity is maxed out. But an average load factor of 52.1 per cent suggests that there are route segments or times of the year when there are opportunities to increase the load without increasing capacity. Amtrak is offering significantly discounted fares from Sacramento to Bakersfield. It is probably doing so because the average load factor on the San Joaquin's was only 40.8 per cent in FY11. Since the fare applies from end point to end point, it tells me that the train's capacity is being under utilized all along the route.
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