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20 | Amtrak Annual Report 2013
• performing rail services for other rail operators, both commuter agencies and freight
railroads, on a reimbursable basis; and
• managing and leasing of commercial real estate.
We operate a national rail network of more than 21,000 route miles serving more than 500
destinations in 46 states, the District of Columbia and three Canadian provinces. As of September
30, 2013, our fleet included 1,455 passenger cars, 416 locomotives, 80 Auto Train vehicle carriers, and
68 baggage cars. Orders have been placed for 130 new long-distance single-level cars and 70 electric
locomotives (the “ACS 64 locomotives”). Amtrak is the nation’s only high-speed intercity passenger
provider, operating at a top speed of 150 mph (241 kph). More than half of our trains operate at top
speeds of 100 mph (160 kph) or greater.
During our year ended September 30, 2013 (“FY 2013”), an average of more than 810,000 people
every weekday depended on commuter rail services that used Amtrak-owned infrastructure,
dispatching, and shared operations, or rode commuter trains operated by us under contracts with
local or regional agencies.
The Northeast Corridor (“NEC”) is the busiest railroad segment in North America with more than
2,200 trains operating over some portion of the Washington, D.C. - Boston route each day. In FY
2013, the Boston-New York-Washington, D.C. portion of the NEC carried 11.4 million passengers,
the second best year ever, on the Acela Express, Northeast Regional service, or other Amtrak trains.
In FY 2013, five other corridors had ridership of one million or more:
•Pacific Surfliner service (San Diego-Los Angeles-San Luis Obispo) – 2.7 million;
•Capitol Corridor service (San Jose-Oakland-Sacramento-Auburn) - 1.7 million;
•Keystone Corridor service (Harrisburg-Philadelphia-New York City) – 1.5 million;
•San Joaquin service (Oakland/Sacramento-Bakersfield) – 1.2 million; and
•Empire service (New York-Albany-Niagara Falls) – 1.1 million.
Six other corridors had ridership in excess of 500,000 passengers in FY 2013:
• Amtrak Cascades service (Eugene-Portland-Seattle-Vancouver, B.C.) - 0.8 million;
•Hiawatha service (Chicago-Milwaukee) - 0.8 million;
• Washington, D.C.-Richmond-Newport News segment, Northeast Regional service –
0.6 million;
•Lincoln service (Chicago-St. Louis) – 0.7 million;
•Downeaster service (Boston-Portland) – 0.6 million; and
•Wolverine service (Chicago–Detroit/Pontiac, Michigan) – 0.5 million.
Amtrak-owned and/or -maintained property includes:
• Northeast Corridor: 363 miles of the 456-mile NEC, which connects Washington, D.C.,
Philadelphia, New York City, and Boston and is the busiest passenger line in the country, with
trains regularly reaching speeds of 125-150 mph (201-241 kph). Two sections are owned by
others: (1) the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (10 miles) and Connecticut
Department of Transportation (46 miles) own 56 miles between New Rochelle, New York,
and New Haven, Connecticut and (2) the Commonwealth of Massachusetts owns 38 miles
between the Massachusetts/Rhode Island border and Boston that is operated and maintained
by Amtrak;