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<p>[quote user="schlimm"]</p> <p>[quote user="Sam1"]</p> <p>In FY12 all three of the NEC service lines (Acela, NE Regional, and NE Special Trains) generated an operating profit ($206.5 million, $72.2 million, and $3.2 million).</p> <p>The Washington-Lynchburg, Washington-Newport News, and Carolinian State Supported....... trains also generated an operating profit ($8.4 million, $3.0 million, and $.9 million).  The Washington-Lynchburg and Washington-Newport News trains are really extended NEC regional trains.  Whether the Virginia extensions generated an operating profit is unclear.</p> <div style="clear:both;">[/quote]</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="clear:both;">Even better!   More evidence of the value of short corridors - people use them, heavily.  And the operating loss of the long distance trains is...?   And what percentage is that of Amtrak's overall operating loss? [/quote]</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="clear:both;">In FY12 the long distance trains carried 15.2% of Amtrak's system passengers, generated 24.4% of system revenues, and accounted for 41.4% of operating costs. They had an operating loss of $600.9 million or 120% of Amtrak's operating loss. This seeming anomaly occurs because of the offsetting operating profit on the NEC.</div> <div style="clear:both;"></div> <div style="clear:both;">Sleeping car passengers accounted for 14.6% of long distance passengers and 2.2% of system passengers. They generated 35.2% of the long distance revenues.  Amtrak does not report publicly the operating costs of serving sleeping car passengers.</div>
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