Rail ridership in California still up

Progressive Railroading has the latest. Mostly good news, with some decline in southern parts of the state. Read it all here.

During the first month of the new federal fiscal year, ridership on the Auburn-to-San Jose Capitol Corridor totaled 157,353 — a new October record. Ridership rose 16.8 percent compared with October 2007’s total.

On the Oakland-Sacramento-Bakersfield San Joaquins, ridership rose 22.6 percent year-over-year to 79,233. 

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