Amtrak saw a big increase in ridership in fiscal year 2022 but is still at 72 percent of its peak pre-pandemic levels, according to data the transit company released.
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation—Amtrak’s official name—is still not close to full recovery in ticket sales and food and beverage revenue.
Amtrak released fiscal year 2022 data that shows it is slowly recovering from the pandemic that severely impacted all forms of transit in the U.S.
Ridership reached 32.5 million people in fiscal year 2019. Once the pandemic hit in 2020, ridership dropped to 16.8 million and then dropped again in 2021 to 12.2 million. In 2022, Amtrak saw its ridership jump to 22.9 million, an 88 percent increase….