Amtrak announced on Wednesday that it carried more than 31 million passengers in this fiscal year – marking the highest annual ridership total since operations began in 1971. The Northeast Corridor alone, which travels from Washington D.C. to places such as Wilmington, Philadelphia, New York, and Boston, had a nearly a five percent increase in ridership.
Amtrak attributed their ridership growth to passenger services such as Wi-Fi and eTicketing, as well as high gasoline prices and continued growth in business travel on the Northeast Corridor.
Senator Coons is an ardent supporter of Amtrak, which employs more than 1,100 Delawareans and brought $9 million in goods and services to the state last year. Chris is also an Amtrak rider – making the near-daily roundtrip from Wilmington to Washington.