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Same as with the Subway and Light Rail threads , now we ,move onto Regional Rail threads.....all numbers are taken form APTA Data and Future projections are taken form various blogs....
1.
LIRR
Location : Long Island and Manhattan
Daily Ridership : 341,000 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 570,000+)
System size : 700+ mi
Stations : 124 Future upgrades / Expansions : Wading River line Restoration , Central Branch , Montauk Branch , Port Jefferson Branch Electrification , East Side Access Project
2.
NJT Regional Rail
Location : New Jersey , Rockland and Orange counties NY
Daily Ridership : 330,000 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 750,000+)
System size : 536 mi
Stations : 162 stations Future Upgrades / Expansions : Flemington line , West Trenton line , Cape May line , Toms River line , Freehold line , Lehigh Valley line , Philpsburg Extension of the Morristown line , Lackawanna line , Pompton line , Sparta line , 5 New Transfer Stations ,more Electrification
3.
Metra
Location : Chicagoland
Daily Ridership : 304,000 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 490,000+)
System size : 487 mi
Stations : 239 Future Upgrades / Expansions : SouthEast Service , Suburban Transit Access Route
4.
MNRR
Location : Northern NYC Suburbs and Connecticut
Daily Ridership : 287,000 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 420,000+)
System size : 156 mi
Stations : 120 Future upgrades / Expansions : MNRR expansion to Penn Station , Restoration of the Graham & Beacon lines
5.
MBTA Regional Rail
Location : Eastern Massachusetts , Northern Rhode Island
Daily Ridership : 130,000 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 642,000+)
System size : 368 mi
Stations : 132 Future Upgrades / Expansions : Restoration of Cape Cod , Newport / Fall River line , New Bedford line , Greenfield line , Concord line , Portsmouth / Newburyport line , Manchester / Lawrence line.... North - South Tunnel , Ayer line , Electrified lines
6.
Septa Regional Rail
Location : Southeastern PA , Northern Delaware , and Southern Jersey
Daily Ridership : 121,000 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 370,000+)
System size : 450 mi
Stations : 150 Future Upgrades / Expansions : Restoration of West Chester , Reading , Allentown , Stony Branch , Newton lines ....New lines , New Hope ,
Parkersburg Extension of the Thorndale line , Newark / Boothywn line , Coatesville line , Oxford lines
7.
LA Metrolink
Location : LA Metro
Daily Ridership : 40,300 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 180,000+)
System size : 512 mi
Stations : 55 Future Upgrades / Expansions : 4 line extensions and 20 proposed stations
8.
Caltrain
Location : SF-SJ US 101 Corridor
Daily Ridership (one line) : 40,000 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 70,000+)
System size : 77 mi
Stations : 32 Future Upgrades / Expansions : Electrification , HSR service , and 2 new lines
9.
MARC Train
Location : Maryland
Daily Ridership : 33,000 (Projected 2030 Daily Ridership : 160,000+)
System size : 187 mi
Stations : 43 Future Upgrades / Expansions : Restoration of the Annapolis , LA plata lines and Extension of the Brunswick line to Hagerstorm , service to Ocean City and Penn Service to Wilmington
For counting the Numbers for Newark and Hoboken we also counted Population growth. The Numbers for Newark and Hoboken also include PATH , Bus and Light Rail totals. The Population spike in Harrison and Ironbound will factor in Newark Penn's Growth , Hoboken will see a spike due to the Newer Condos planned near the Station and the Newer Cooperate High Rise offices in Downtown.
Also, what's up with those 2030 projections? No one knows ridership decades into the future.
And some of those projections are ridiculous. Look at the MBTA projection. They've already expanded massively, onto basically every available rail line, yet their ridership has grown slowly.
Why would they suddenly have a 500% increase in ridership? They don't even have anywhere to expand, and the region isn't growing.
And the Philly numbers are even crazier. The system only serves electric lines, and there are no serious plans to add very expensive additional electric lines. And all the major lines into Philly already have passenger rail.
And Regional Rail ridership has been flat for essentially decades. Why would it skyrocket?
The only one I agree with is NJ Transit. It will eventually have the highest ridership, but the state first needs a new Governor.
Also, what's up with those 2030 projections? No one knows ridership decades into the future.
And some of those projections are ridiculous. Look at the MBTA projection. They've already expanded massively, onto basically every available rail line, yet their ridership has grown slowly.
Why would they suddenly have a 500% increase in ridership? They don't even have anywhere to expand, and the region isn't growing.
And the Philly numbers are even crazier. The system only serves electric lines, and there are no serious plans to add very expensive additional electric lines. And all the major lines into Philly already have passenger rail.
And Regional Rail ridership has been flat for essentially decades. Why would it skyrocket?
The only one I agree with is NJ Transit. It will eventually have the highest ridership, but the state first needs a new Governor.
Yet YOU can predict population loss for Chicago, job loss for Chicago, and Chicago's pending asteroid impact.
Yet YOU can predict population loss for Chicago, job loss for Chicago, and Chicago's pending asteroid impact.
Stop wasting everyone's time with your third-grade level personal attacks. You're way out of your league.
I post official CENSUS data and FEDERAL RESERVE data and you don't like it.
"Gee, the Census must not like Chicago, or maybe Obama is fudging the numbers, or, or..."
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