2012 Budget Book.indd - Metra

Forecasted Ridership and Vehicle Miles
2011-2014
Forecasted Ridership and Vehicle Miles / 2011-2014
Passenger Trips 1
2011
2010 Year-End 2012 2013 2014
Actual Projected* Forecast Forecast Forecast
BNSF Railway 16,286,000 16,377,000 16,200,000 16,443,000 16,690,000
Union Pacific 28,183,000 28,111,000 27,807,000 28,224,000 28,648,000
Electric District 10,039,000 10,000,000 9,892,000 10,040,000 10,191,000
Heritage Corridor 695,000 699,000 692,000 702,000 713,000
Milwaukee District 13,599,000 13,859,000 13,709,000 13,915,000 14,124,000
North Central Service 1,585,000 1,604,000 1,587,000 1,611,000 1,635,000
SouthWest Service 2,451,000 2,505,000 2,478,000 2,516,000 2,553,000
Rock Island District 8,554,000 8,506,000 8,415,000 8,541,000 8,669,000
System Total** 81,393,000 81,662,000 80,780,000 81,992,000 83,222,000
Year-to-Year Change 0.3% -1.1% 1.5% 1.5%
Passenger Miles 2
BNSF Railway 372,404,000 374,954,000 370,904,000 376,468,000 382,115,000
Union Pacific 597,969,000 592,588,000 586,188,000 594,980,000 603,905,000
Electric District 184,338,000 184,307,000 182,316,000 185,051,000 187,827,000
Heritage Corridor 19,211,000 19,250,000 19,042,000 19,327,000 19,617,000
Milwaukee District 315,794,000 315,202,000 311,798,000 316,474,000 321,222,000
North Central Service 48,214,000 48,942,000 48,414,000 49,140,000 49,877,000
SouthWest Service 45,361,000 46,093,000 45,595,000 46,279,000 46,974,000
Rock Island District 179,211,000 176,881,000 174,971,000 177,596,000 180,260,000
System Total** 1,762,502,000 1,758,217,000 1,739,228,000 1,765,316,000 1,791,796,000
Year-to-Year Change -0.2% -1.1% 1.5% 1.5%
Revenue Car Miles
BNSF Railway 6,293,000 6,228,000 6,259,000 6,255,000 6,255,000
Union Pacific 14,949,000 14,811,000 14,860,000 14,848,000 14,848,000
Electric District 4,864,000 4,779,000 4,800,000 4,795,000 4,795,000
Heritage Corridor 266,000 264,000 265,000 265,000 265,000
Milwaukee District 8,974,000 8,906,000 8,938,000 8,929,000 8,929,000
North Central Service 1,320,000 1,302,000 1,308,000 1,308,000 1,308,000
SouthWest Service 1,769,000 1,762,000 1,769,000 1,769,000 1,769,000
Rock Island District 4,647,000 4,676,000 4,697,000 4,693,000 4,693,000
System Total** 43,082,000 42,728,000 42,897,000 42,863,000 42,863,000
Year-to-Year Change -0.8% 0.4% -0.1% 0.0%
*Based on January-June actuals
**South Shore (NICTD) is not included.
1 - Based on Ticket Sales and Free Trips
2 - Based on Ticket Sales but does not include Free Trips
Note: Line estimates beginning in August 2010 may be affected by the implementation of a new revenue accounting system, which provide
more precise line breakdowns than our previous systems were able to provide for passenger trips and passenger miles.
Columns may not add exactly to System Totals due to rounding.
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