Editing Auto Train (section)

== Ridership ==
Ridership declined through 2019, then dropped 30.3% to 163,556 in 2020, the first year of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. It recovered somewhat in 2021 to 199,414 and then set a new ridership record in 2022 with 279,019 passengers. This figure rose slightly once more in 2023, with another new record set of 283,646 riders.

The ''Auto Train'' has the highest revenue of any Amtrak long-distance train.<ref name="FY2016">{{Cite web |date=April 17, 2017 |title=Amtrak FY16 Ridership and Revenue Fact Sheet |url=http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Amtrak-FY16-Ridership-and-Revenue-Fact-Sheet-4_17_17-mm-edits.pdf |access-date=January 13, 2017 |publisher=[[Amtrak]]}}</ref> The train had total revenue of US$75,169,554 in FY2016, down 7.9% from FY2015.<ref name="FY2016" />
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; margin:auto;"
|+ Traffic by fiscal year (October–September)
|-
! style="width:50px" | !! style="width:100px" | Ridership !! style="width:100px" | Change over previous year !! style="width:100px" | Ticket Revenue !! style="width:100px" | Change over previous year
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!2007<ref name="FY0709">{{cite web|url=http://trn.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/9/4/d/ridership-revenue_fy09.pdf|title=Amtrak Fiscal Year 2009, Oct. 2008-Sept. 2009|publisher=Trains Magazine|access-date=November 8, 2020|archive-date=October 30, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030021244/http://trn.trains.com/~/media/import/files/pdf/9/4/d/ridership-revenue_fy09.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|217,822 || - || $52,883,481 || -
|-
!2008<ref name="FY0709" />
|234,839 || {{increase}}{{0}}7.81% || $58,154,402 || {{increase}}{{0}}9.96%
|-
!2009<ref name="FY0709" />
|232,955 || {{decrease}}{{0}}0.8% || $58,589,872 || {{increase}}{{0}}0.74%
|-
!2010<ref name="FY1011">{{cite web |url=http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/968/399/ATK-11-133%20Record%20FY11%20Ridership%20and%20Revenue.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 30, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108035837/http://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/968/399/ATK-11-133%20Record%20FY11%20Ridership%20and%20Revenue.pdf |archive-date=November 8, 2012 }}</ref>
|244,252 || {{increase}}{{0}}4.84% || $61,012,324 || {{increase}}{{0}}4.13%
|-
!2011<ref name="FY1011" />
|259,944 || {{increase}}{{0}}6.42% || $68,618,768 || {{increase}}{{0}}12.46%
|-
!2012<ref name="FY1213">{{cite web| url=https://amtrakmedia.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FY13-Record-Ridership-ATK-13-122.pdf| title=AMTRAK SETS RIDERSHIP RECORD AND MOVES THE NATION'S ECONOMY FORWARD| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824125952/https://amtrakmedia.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FY13-Record-Ridership-ATK-13-122.pdf| archive-date=August 24, 2020}}</ref>
|264,096 || {{increase}}{{0}}1.59% || $72,518,200 || {{increase}}{{0}}5.68%
|-
!2013<ref name="FY1213" />
|265,274 || {{increase}}{{0}}0.44% || $73,505,625 || {{increase}}{{0}}1.36%
|-
!2014<ref name="FY1415">{{cite web| url=http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FY15Ridership_Revenue_Fact_Sheet_11-5-15.pdf| title=Amtrak FY15 Ridership & Revenue| access-date=November 8, 2020| archive-date=August 30, 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830212820/https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FY15Ridership_Revenue_Fact_Sheet_11-5-15.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|274,445 || {{increase}}{{0}}3.45% || $78,831,501 || {{increase}}{{0}}7.24%
|-
!2015<ref name="FY1415" />
|271,622 || {{decrease}}{{0}}1.02% || $81,607,535 || {{increase}}{{0}}3.52%
|-
!2016<ref name="FY16">{{cite web|url=http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Amtrak-FY16-Ridership-and-Revenue-Fact-Sheet-4_17_17-mm-edits.pdf|title=Amtrak FY16 Ridership & Revenue|date=April 17, 2017|publisher=[[Amtrak]]}}</ref>
|238,448 || {{decrease}}{{0}}12.21% || $75,169,554 || {{decrease}}{{0}}7.88%
|-
!2017<ref name="FY1617">{{cite web| url=https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FY17-Ridership-Fact-Sheet-Final.pdf| title=Amtrak FY17 Ridership| access-date=November 8, 2020| archive-date=November 19, 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119033231/http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/FY17-Ridership-Fact-Sheet-Final.pdf| url-status=dead}}</ref>
|229,000 || {{decrease}}{{0}}3.96% || - || -
|-
!2018<ref name="FY1819">{{cite web| url=http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/FY19-Year-End-Revenue-and-Ridership.pdf| title=Amtrak FY19 Ridership}}</ref>
|224,837 || {{decrease}}{{0}}1.81% || - || -
|-
!2019<ref name="FY1819" />
|236,041 || {{increase}}{{0}}4.98% || - || -
|-
!2020<ref name="FY1920">{{cite news|url=https://www.railwayage.com/passenger/high-performance/amtrak-releases-fy-2020-data/|title=Amtrak Releases FY 2020 Data|last=Luczak|first=Marybeth|date=November 23, 2020|access-date=February 18, 2020|newspaper=Railway Age|publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc.|location=New York}}</ref>
|163,556 || {{decrease}}{{0}}30.3% || - || -
|-
!2021<ref>{{cite web |title=Amtrak Route Ridership FY21 vs. FY19 |url=http://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/FY21-Year-End-Revenue-and-Ridership.pdf |publisher=Amtrak |access-date=April 19, 2022}}</ref>
|199,414 || {{increase}}{{0}}21.9% || - || -
|-
!2022<ref name="FY2122">{{Cite web|url=https://media.amtrak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FY22-Year-End-Revenue-and-Ridership.pdf|title=Amtrak Route Ridership: FY22 vs. FY21|date=November 29, 2022|access-date=January 29, 2023}}</ref>
|279,019 || {{Increase}}{{0}}39.9% || - || -
|-
!2023<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Kyle |date=2023-11-30 |title=Amtrak Fiscal Year 2023: Ridership Exceeds Expectations as Demand for Passenger Rail Soars |url=https://media.amtrak.com/2023/11/amtrak-fiscal-year-2023-ridership-exceeds-expectations-as-demand-for-passenger-rail-soars/ |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=Amtrak Media |language=en-US}}</ref>
|283,646
|{{Increase}}{{0}}1.7%
|
|
|-
!2024<ref name="FY24">{{cite web|url=https://www.amtrak.com/content/dam/projects/dotcom/english/public/documents/corporate/monthlyperformancereports/2024/Amtrak-Monthly-Performance-Report-September-2024.pdf |title=Amtrak Monthly Performance YTD September FY 2024 |access-date=December 3, 2020}}</ref>
|266,586|| {{Decrease}}{{0}}-6.0% || $119,900,000 || -
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