Amtrak in Texas

Fact sheet: Amtrak in Texas

Passengers in Texas, 2013-2019: Texans near a station boarding & detraining (in thousands) Within 25 miles: 16,101,328 (64%) 437.2 Within 50 miles: 19,529,642 (78%) 410.5 388.5 376.1 377.9 Amtrak service in the state 356.9 364.0 Heartland Flyer - Daily service Texas Eagle - Daily CHI-SAS, 3x/wk CHI-LAX Sunset Limited - 3 trains/wk

19 Amtrak stations 2017 2018 2019 Alpine 4,999 5,311 5,242 Austin 34,026 33,624 29,525 Beaumont 3,377 3,641 3,651 Cleburne 3,888 3,929 3,747 Dallas 47,008 46,094 44,257 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Del Rio 1,764 1,695 1,650 Also, 18,020 riders passed through Texas in El2019 Paso - 14,761 14,134 14,362 boarding and detraining outside the state. Fort Worth 112,213 107,198 107,856 Gainesville 6,328 6,658 6,544 Houston 19,400 19,952 20,460 Quick recap, 2019 (arrivals and departures) Longview 33,443 34,392 28,836 Marshall 8,404 8,371 6,694 Coach/ First/ Business Sleeper Total McGregor 5,123 5,061 5,365 Mineola 7,151 6,423 7,438 Passengers 324,304 39,722 364,026 San Antonio 56,124 52,719 50,272 Average trip 383 miles 870 miles 436 miles San Marcos 8,376 7,663 7,553 Average fare $ 48.00 $228.00 $ 68.00 Sanderson 193 269 225 Average yield, 12.5¢per mi 26.2¢ 15.5¢ Taylor 5,484 5,453 4,978 Temple 16,461 15,330 15,371 Top city pairs by ridership, 2019 12 Thruway stops 2017 2018 2019 1. Fort Worth - Oklahoma City, OK 206 mi 2. Fort Worth - Norman, OK 186 mi Bryan 46 37 31 3. Austin - Fort Worth 201 mi Dallas--Greyhound 119 129 130 4. Fort Worth - San Antonio 294 mi El Paso--Bus 420 446 527 5. Dallas - Chicago, IL 991 mi Fort Hood 204 218 209 6. San Antonio - Chicago, IL 1,316 mi Galveston 645 622 554 7. Dallas - Longview 127 mi Houston--Greyhound 255 312 295 8. Longview - Chicago, IL 864 mi Killeen 2,063 1,830 1,861 9. Houston - New Orleans, LA 362 mi Mesquite 1 10. Fort Worth - Temple 128 mi Nacogdoches 222 189 218 Prairie View 3 9 16 Top city pairs by revenue, 2019 Tyler 15 14 17 Waco 39 61 67 1. Dallas - Chicago, IL 991 mi 2. San Antonio - Chicago, IL 1,316 mi 3. Fort Worth - Oklahoma City, OK 206 mi Top statewide officials 4. San Antonio - Los Angeles, CA 1,423 mi Gov. Greg Abbott (R) 5. Houston - Los Angeles, CA 1,633 mi http://www.governor.state.tx.us 6. Longview - Chicago, IL 864 mi 7. Fort Worth - Chicago, IL 1,022 mi Sen. John Cornyn (R) 8. Austin - Chicago, IL 1,223 mi http://cornyn.senate.gov 9. Dallas - St. Louis, MO 707 mi 10. Longview - St. Louis, MO 580 mi Sen. Ted Cruz (R) http://cruz.senate.gov

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