Preliminary results for FY 24 (October 2020 – September 2024) include: 

• Ridership: All-time record 32.8 million customer trips, a 15 percent increase over FY 23. 
• Ticket revenue: $2.5 billion —a first in Amtrak’s history and nine percent higher year-over-year.
• Total operating revenue: $3.6 billion, a seven percent increase over FY 23. 
• Major infrastructure investments: Invested $4.5 billion into critical infrastructure upgrades, driving economic growth, creating jobs and improving mobility around the country. 
• Adjusted operating earnings: Improved by nine percent over FY 23 to $705.2 million. 
• Service: Launched one new train service and expanded four additional routes. getting a sweet deal.

https://www.midcoastvillager.com/news/five-offer-proposals-to-run-rockland-rail-line/article_9c31d236-a5e2-11ef-9430-9bb6c5afe085.html 

https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/caltrain-electrification-project-paying-off-19917422.php?utm_content=hed&sid=663e722da6478e305607df21&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=briefing&utm_campaign=sfgt%20%7C%20the%20daily&stn=nf

 Money raised will be used to improve public transit.

• Daytime E-ZPass tolls 
  • Passenger vehicles (once per day): $9 
  • Motorcycles (once per day): $4.50 
  • Small trucks and non-commuter buses: $14.40 
  • Large trucks and sightseeing buses: $21.60 
• Tunnel crossing credits reduced by 40 percent of original plan 
  • Nighttime discounts of 75 percent of daytime tolls 
  • Per-ride fees for all trips to, from or within the CBD 
  • Taxis and black cars: $0.75 
  • App-based for-hire vehicles: $1.50 

Massachusetts has learned that roads alone will not end congestion.  Not commuter, but all day service for workers and people needing to get to appointments. 10/26/24

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/massachusetts-mbta-commuter-rail-to-relieve-traffic-congestion/730419/

Maine has received a $53 million dollar grant to improve rail lines in Northern Maine. The grant will be used to upgrade two Eastern Maine Railway mainlines in Penobscot, Aroostook, Washington and Piscataquis counties. It also will rehabilitate tracks from the former Great Northern Paper Co. mill that have been dormant since 2008. 10/26/24 

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 https://www.bangordailynews.com/2024/10/22/midcoast/midcoast-government/midcoast-maine-public-transportation-desert-solutions/ 

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 https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?fs=1&tf=cm&source=mailto&body=Labor+unions+form+new+group+to+combat+climate+change+in+Maine%0A%0Ahttps://www.mainepublic.org/environment-and-outdoors/2022-03-01/labor-unions-form-new-group-to-combat-climate-change-in-maine%0A%0AAbout+a+dozen+unions+have+developed+a+series+of+recommendations+on+ways+Maine+can+transition+to+a+clean-energy+economy+%E2%80%94+and+involve+labor+along+the+way.