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Yea, I’m not disagreeing with the number, it just seems low. Ever tried to navigate that place during rush hour?
I have never been inside Philly’s station (I know I know, wtf haha). I’ll be in philly probably this weekend or next week, so I may have to check it out.
30th isnt as pretty but not bad. Also if you like the old archictecture of these places check out the Old Reading Railroad Terminal Head (between 12th and13th on Market). It is now part of the Philadelphia Convention Center but you go up into the old Station. Plus grab lunch at the Reading Terminal Market behind and below it.
With amtrak, VRE, marc and the red line, Union Station ony gets 50k passengers?
Union Station gets 100,000 passengers from Amtrak alone daily. That's not including MARC, VRE, or Metro. That seems to be what I always read. I don't really know where to search for an accurate number though. I know Marc and VRE together have over 50,000 daily riders without Amtrak so I don't know.
Union Station gets 100,000 passengers from Amtrak alone daily. That's not including MARC, VRE, or Metro. That seems to be what I always read. I don't really know where to search for an accurate number though. I know Marc and VRE together have over 50,000 daily riders without Amtrak so I don't know.
Marc and VRE have 50K, more than I thought. Am actually quite surprised as 30th only has like 35K (actually depart or board and about 100K in total that pass through the station on Septa RR - Suburban Station 8 blocks to the east and Market East 15 blocks east are both busier RR stations for Septa) daily from Septa regional rail - a much larger system
Already a major regional transportation hub, Union Station’s importance will grow as the level of rail and transit ridership increases in the future. As many as 100,000 rail and transit passenger trips are made daily through Union Station, making it one of the nation’s busiest rail stations.
Yeah, it's on the first page of that document. I thought I had read Amtrak had 100,000 passengers daily at Union Station. It's the second busiest Amtrak station in the country.
Marc and VRE have 50K, more than I thought. Am actually quite surprised as 30th only has like 35K (actually depart or board and about 100K in total that pass through the station on Septa RR - Suburban Station 8 blocks to the east and Market East 15 blocks east are both busier RR stations for Septa) daily from Septa regional rail - a much larger system
How recent are you stats? I ask because Amtrak just said Union Station gets 100,000 trips a day like two weeks ago.
How recent are you stats? I ask because Amtrak just said Union Station gets 100,000 trips a day like two weeks ago.
2011 So you are suggesting Union gets 36.5 Million passengers annually and 5 times as many Amtrak passengers as Penn in NYC. MD check your source and your logic something just ain't computing
Ot think of it this way - for 100K you need approx 700-900 filled Amtrak passenger cars a day - nope sorry. Think these through
2011 So you are suggesting Union gets 36.5 Million passengers annually and 5 times as many Amtrak passengers as Penn in NYC. MD check your source and your logic something just ain't computing
Ot think of it this way - for 100K you need approx 700-900 filled Amtrak passenger cars a day - nope sorry. Think these through
For perspective NY Penn does 9 million annually or 30K per day
I guess Amtrak needs to change how they portray their ridership. I was going off the Amtrak master plan. I wonder why they worded it that way? It's very deceiving. Did you read the first page of the Union Station Master Plan? That's where I got it from. I do think it's interesting how quick you were to respond here, yet I asked a very relevant question the other day and you went quiet. Could it be you had no answer for it? I figured you wouldn't but it was still surprising that I was right.
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I guess Amtrak needs to change how they portray their ridership. I was going off the Amtrak master plan. I wonder why they worded it that way? It's very deceiving. Did you read the first page of the Union Station Master Plan? That's where I got it from. I do think it's interesting how quick you were to respond here, yet I asked a very relevant question the other day and you went quiet. Could it be you had no answer for it? I figured you wouldn't but it was still surprising that I was right.
It depends on when you catch me. On the other points I dont know that we totally agree. Supply/Demand will be the driver as will time. You think long term maintianed higher growth DC, I do not, think will be peaks and valleys as the history has always been for DC. I dont think families will be the driver for DC based on the development styling, another area we differ. Also the city wanting population is prroprtional, not an either or. In the end to maintain the growth rates new jobs need to be the catalyst, migration from the burbs only can handle so much stock and without new jobs the whole supply demand thing is off (you seem to disagree so be it) We both agree that DC will continue to grow, just not on the mid to long term velocity/acceleration.
It's not clearly defined in the Union Station Master Plan, but if you add up Amtrak, MARC, VRE, and Metrorail ridership, you end up a little over 100,000 per day.
According to MARC's website, the whole MARC system carries 33,000/day (certainly some % of passengers don't go to Union Station)
VRE's website shows 2011 annual ridership at 4.5 million = 15,000/day assuming weekday service only
The Wikipedia article on WMATA says 33,000 boardings occur at Union Station. Let's assume an equal number of alightings.
Add Amtrak's 13,000 riders/day to/from Union Station
That totals 127,000/day, less any MARC users who don't travel to/from Union Station. And you can see Metro contributes fully half of the Union Station passenger total.
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