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[quote user="blue streak 1"] I am somewhat disappointed that no one saw the down side on the Amtrak report.  Until Amtrak revenue increases are on the July status report we cannot know the average trip length and total RPMs LD was actually down  0.1% and NEC was only up 0.2%.  Ridership on SD was up 6.8%  .With the SD riders having all the increases does not compute very well for Amtrak.    LYNCHBURG increases of 14.7% may help balance out the other shorter distance route trip ( ex NH - Springfield ) lengths  This may mean that RPMs may well be down from 2012 and average trip length down as well. <a href="http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/669/543/Amtrak-Record-Most-Passengers-One-Month-ATK-13-086,0.pdf">http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/669/543/Amtrak-Record-Most-Passengers-One-Month-ATK-13-086,0.pdf</a>  [/quote] I don't pay a lot of attention to Amtrak's communications regarding ridership.  As is the case with most of their public announcements, they present just part of the story.  The part that makes Amtrak look good.  They should tell the whole story, which is what they would be required to do if they were a listed corporation. They should publish the numbers for ridership, customers, costs, etc.  Actually, the increase in the State Supported and Other Short Corridor Trains is good news. This is the future for Amtrak.  In some respects, if managed properly, i.e. forget about the cost of supposedly true high speed rail, whatever that means, the short corridor trains outside of the NEC could be a better financial bet than the NEC. These trains are not that far from covering all of their costs whereas the NEC has a long slog because of its extensive capital investments.
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