Amtrak: NEC rider market keeps growing
Written by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-ChiefAmtrak now holds 73% of the combined New York-Washington air-rail travel market, according to Drew Galloway, Amtrak assistant vice president for Northeast Corridor Infrastructure and Investment Development.
Amtrak also now commands 93% of the combined air-rail travel market serving Washington and Philadelphia, Galloway said, addressing an annual meeting Saturday of the New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers in Bordentown, N.J.
Galloway referred to Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor Infrastructure Master Plan, a collaborative effort released in May 2010 in conjunction with NEC states, rail agencies, FRA and freight railroads, in noting an expected 59% increase in NEC riders by 2030 and a 45% increase in NEC trains.
