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Re: Caltrain dumps Amtrak: It's official!
Author: Graham Buxton
Date: 09-02-2011 - 17:48

Michael Mahoney Wrote:
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> But it would still be nice to know, more or less, just
> what was the problem with Amtrak.

Well, Transit America's bid was $26 million dollars less (first years numbers) than Amtrak's bid. Perhaps in these days of billions here and there, $26 million sounds like chump change, but its not. Spread over Caltrain's annual ridership of about 11 million, that works out to slightly over $2.50 per rider per trip. I would bet that the average Caltrain rider would much prefer riding on Transit America's operation rather than paying an additional $2.50 per trip. (This is not to suggest that riders were given such an option.)

Caltrain ridership statistics are here, for any one interested:
[www.caltrain.com]

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  Caltrain dumps Amtrak: It's official! Superspud 09-01-2011 - 15:15
  Re: Caltrain dumps Amtrak: It's official! Juppo 09-02-2011 - 14:53
  Re: Caltrain dumps Amtrak: It's official! Michael Mahoney 09-02-2011 - 17:26
  Re: Caltrain dumps Amtrak: It's official! Graham Buxton 09-02-2011 - 17:48
  Re: Caltrain dumps Amtrak: It's official! Tie Plate 09-02-2011 - 19:46
  Re: Caltrain dumps Amtrak: It's official! George Andrews 09-05-2011 - 10:27
  Re: Caltrain dumps Amtrak: It's official! OPRRMS 09-05-2011 - 13:59


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