List of busiest Amtrak stations

The departure board at New York Penn Station in New York City, the busiest Amtrak station in the United States with over 10 million passengers in 2023

The interior of Washington Union Station in Washington, D.C., Amtrak's second-busiest station in the nation with over 4.7 million passengers in 2023

30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Amtrak's third-busiest train station in the nation with nearly 4.2 million passengers in 2023

This is a list of the busiest Amtrak station in the United States ranked by their respective Amtrak ridership in fiscal year 2023 from October 2022 to September 2023. Ridership is defined as the total number of boarding and alightings at each station.[1] Ridership figures since 2015 have been provided for comparative purposes. In the fiscal year 2020, ridership was down significantly across the board due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ridership numbers are for Amtrak only—commuter rail, subway, and other modes are not included.

2021 - 2023

#	Station	City	State	Ridership			2022-2023 Change
				FY 2021	FY 2022[1]	FY 2023 [2]
1	New York Penn Station	New York City	New York	4,061,379[3]	8,008,700	10,249,956	27.99%
2	Washington Union Station	Washington, D.C.	Washington, D.C.	1,758,409[4]	3,631,677	4,751,407	30.83%
3	30th Street Station	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,500,043[5]	3,058,329	4,197,176	37.24%
4	Chicago Union Station	Chicago	Illinois	1,336,525[6]	2,359,084	2,722,448	15.40%
5	South Station	Boston	Massachusetts	679,333[7]	1,216,560	1,538,648	26.48%
6	Baltimore Penn Station	Baltimore	Maryland	446,914[8]	838,591	1,081,133	28.92%
7	Union Station	Los Angeles	California	466,417[9]	928,558	1,000,243	7.72%
8	Union Station	New Haven	Connecticut	347,544[10]	617,119	792,634	28.44%
9	Albany–Rensselaer	Rensselaer	New York	379,209[11]	640,353	790,673	23.45%
10	Back Bay Station	Boston	Massachusetts	322,928[12]	606,967	750,036	23.57%

2015 - 2020

#	Station	City	State	Ridership
				FY 2015[13]	FY 2016[14]	FY 2017[15]	FY 2018	FY 2019[16]	FY 2020[17]	2019–2020 change
1	Penn Station	New York City	New York	10,189,521	10,436,909	10,397,729	10,132,025[18]	10,811,323	5,432,851	49.75%
2	Washington Union Station	Washington	District of Columbia	4,971,128	5,098,562	5,225,460	5,197,237[19]	5,207,223	2,606,059	49.95%
3	30th Street Station	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	4,138,777	4,328,718	4,411,662	4,471,992[20]	4,503,055	2,261,194	49.79%
4	Chicago Union Station	Chicago	Illinois	3,295,630	3,247,117	3,388,051	3,388,307[21]	3,331,527	1,688,452	49.32%
5	South Station	Boston	Massachusetts	1,544,169	1,574,450	1,567,627	1,553,953[22]	1,585,216	793,113	49.97%
6	Union Station	Los Angeles	California	1,589,391	1,635,039	1,716,392	1,717,405[23]	1,413,006	708,925	50.46%
7	Sacramento Valley Station	Sacramento	California	1,027,013	1,051,001	1,073,584	1,089,223[23]	1,100,550	565,196	48.64%
8	Penn Station	Baltimore	Maryland	993,721	1,030,161	1,063,628	1,041,232[24]	1,043,542	538,330	48.41%
9	Albany–Rensselaer	Rensselaer	New York	825,353	885,176	803,348	800,368[18]	806,960	450,965	44.12%
10	Union Station	New Haven	Connecticut	698,656	642,471	627,065	697,603[25]	778,534	425,723	45.32%

See also

• List of Amtrak stations
• List of busiest railway stations in North America

References

1. Amtrak FY22 Ridership
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