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Fiscal Year 2013 - A Significant Accomplishment!

Written by TRN Webmaster TRN Webmaster
Parent Category: NNEPRA NNEPRA
Published: 27 August 2013 27 August 2013 Executive Director Patricia Quinn reported that FY 2013 was "the best ridership year ever. Ridership again broke records, exceeding 556,000 riders, which was a 5% increase over last year's record of 528,000." She continued, "Increases in ticket revenue were even more significant, exceeding $8.1 million, and surpassing the FY12 record of $7.4 million by 9%."

Her report noted that the year saw many challenges: a hurricane, a heat wave (slow orders), bridge outages (cancelling service to Boston) and terrorism-related cancellations. However, FY13 was the year of expanding Downeaster service to Freeport and Brunswick - ridership continues to exceed projections by almost 50%.

Other FY13 Statistics

Average Daily Ridership: 1,524
* Weekdays: 1,633
* Weekends: 1,295

Rider Profile
*55% of riders travelled to or from Maine - 66% of revenue
*31% of riders travelled to or from NH stations & Boston - 25% of revenue
*31% of riders travelled using a multi-pass - 16% of total

Ms. Quinn's Performance Report ended with this statement: "Since December of 2001, the Downeaster has transported more than 4.5 million people the equivalent of 367 million passenger miles and has geneated nearly $64 million in ticket revenue.

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