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Really the third busiest line?

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This article conflicts with the Pacific Surfliner article in its first paragraph because it claims the Capitol Corridor is the third-busiest Amtrak route after the Northeast Corridor and the Pacific Surfliner.

However, the Pacific Surfliner article claims in its lead paragraph that it, also, is the third busiest route, behind the Northeast Corridor and the Keystone Service.

I'll try to do some research to find out the true ranking, and then I reckon I'll try my first significant edit as a Wikipedian. :-)

Anyway, this is also me trying out the talk page. Hope everyone is well! Comodude 01:27, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I think Capitol Corridor is the third busiest Amtrak route, because I found one article said that the Keystone service had a ridership of 1,068,572 in FY2005 [1] and Capitol Corridor had the ridership of 1,260,249 in the same fiscal year [2]. So we can safely and correctly say that the Capitol Corridor is the third busiest Amtrak route. --Will74205 08:01, 13 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I looked at Amtrak's January 2006 report [3] on page 26 and confirmed that Pacific Surfliner is indeed number two and the Capitol Corridor is number three, so I'll make an edit on the Pacific Surfliner page with a correction. - Comodude 03:03, 17 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Length?

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I have a schedule right in front of me that says the length of th eline is only 170 miles, not the longer distance stated in the article. That seems more reasonable for San Jose to Auburn anyway--does anyone know the reason for the discrepancy? -- SCZenz 20:54, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it is from Sparks, NV to San Jose, CA, as listed on the simplified Amtrak schedule on Amtrak's website. Should we just list the length between the stations that have regular train services? --Will74205 21:27, 21 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Well, there are currently no Capitol Corridor trains outside the SJ-Auburn route—so that seems to be the sensible distance to give. -- SCZenz 20:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Done!--Will74205 06:18, 25 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Bus connections

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I don't think listing bus agencies that serve the different stops is in the best interest of the article, if we were to do that we would have to add AC transit to Fremont, and Coliseum, and VTA to Diridon, as well as likely several more changes, I added BART and Caltrain connections because I figured they were notable. I don't think AC transit connection is notable and I suggest we remove it. --JVittes 09:06, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fair use rationale for Image:Capitollogo.gif

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Maximum Speed of the Trains

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No mention is made of the speed of the trains on this line. 71.139.18.11 17:11, 6 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Would need to find a good source to add it to the article, but I recall reading that the maximum speed along a few stretches is 79 mph. There was talk of the state of California funding some signaling improvements to increase the amount of trackage with that limit, but no serious talk as far as I know of supporting maximum speeds above that. For the core Sacramento<->San Jose route, the average speed (including stops) is 43 mph, according to the fastest published itinerary (133 miles in 3 hours, 5 mins). --Delirium (talk) 20:34, 28 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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having trouble integrating ridership tables

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Using the Hiawatha Service tables as a template, I have not been able to integrate these into this article without breaking the formatting of subsequent sections. any help getting these placed herein would be appreciated. -MJ (talk) 20:31, 1 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Traffic by Fiscal Year
Fiscal Year Ridership Ticket Revenue Ref.
2007 1,450,069 $18,059,715 [1]
2008 1,693,580 Increase016.79% $22,306,774 Increase023.52% [1]
2009 1,599,625 Decrease06.55% $22,160,890 Decrease00.65% [1]
2010 1,580,619 Decrease01.19% $22,872,085 Increase03.21% [2]
2011 1,708,618 Increase08.1% $25,720,252 Increase0 [2]
2012 1,746,397 Increase02.21% $27,927,540 Increase0 [3]
2013 1,460,455 Decrease016.37% $27,699,783 Decrease0 [4][note 1]
2014 1,419,134 Decrease02.83% $27,105,046 Decrease02.15% [4]
2015 1,474,873 Increase03.93% [5]
2016 1,560,814 Increase05.83% [5]
2017 1,607,000 Increase02.96% [6]
2018 1,706,849 Increase06.21% [7]
2019 1,777,136 Increase04.12% [7]
2020 898,007 Decrease049.47% [8]
2021 354,373 Decrease061.54% [9]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Amtrak Fiscal Year 2009, October 2008–September 2009 (compared with Fiscal Years 2008 and 2007)" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Amtrak (October 13, 2011). "Amtrak Ridership Rolls Up Best-Ever Records" (PDF) (Press release). Archived from the original (PDF) on November 8, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2013.
  3. ^ "Amtrak Fiscal Year 2013 Ridership and Revenue (10/01/12-9/30/13)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-08-24. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  4. ^ a b Amtrak (October 27, 2014). "Amtrak Ridership and Revenues Continue Strong Growth in FY 2014" (PDF) (Press release). Archived (PDF) from the original on April 12, 2015. Retrieved March 28, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Amtrak Delivers Strong FY 2016 Financial Results". November 17, 2016. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
  6. ^ "Amtrak Route Ridership" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  7. ^ a b "Amtrak FY19 Ridership" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-04-07. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  8. ^ Luczak, Marybeth (November 23, 2020). "Amtrak Releases FY 2020 Data". Railway Age. New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Inc. Archived from the original on November 24, 2020. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
  9. ^ "Amtrak Route Ridership FY21 vs. FY19" (PDF). Amtrak. Retrieved 19 April 2022.


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