Alaska Railroad Corporation

Alaska Railroad at Alaska Railroad Corporation

Alaska Railroad Corporation carried 234,699 alaska railroad boardings in FY2024 at $273.95 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Alaska Railroad Anchorage, AK
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FY2024 boardings
234.7K
+4.1% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$273.95
+1.9% nationwide $273.95
Subsidy per ride
$112.09
+3.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
59.1%
-0.8% nationwide 59.1%
Passenger miles
29.3M
average trip 124.68 miles
Operating cost
$64.3M
Vehicles in service
59
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
4.87
48.2K hours operated

Ridership

This service reports annually.

Monthly boardings

NTD publishes monthly figures for full reporters only, so this service has annual data alone.

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every alaska railroad operator in the country.

Cost per ride

This agency against the national figure for the same mode

Fare recovery

Share of operating cost covered by fares

Directly operated and purchased service, FY2024

NTD reports these separately. An agency that contracts a service out reports the contract price, which bundles costs a directly operating agency reports line by line.

Service Boardings Passenger miles Revenue hours Operating cost Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery Vehicles
Directly operated 234,699 29,263,348 48,214 $64,294,703 $273.95 $112.09 59.1% 59

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Alaska Railroad Corporation reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 234,699 29,263,348 1,282,149 48,214 $64,294,703 $37,986,551 $273.95 $112.09 59.1%
2023 225,434 27,930,710 1,203,718 45,230 $60,628,460 $36,125,687 $268.94 $108.69 59.6%
2022 219,757 27,580,278 1,131,787 42,677 $56,640,750 $33,709,263 $257.74 $104.35 59.5%
2021 166,263 19,051,615 835,578 30,623 $40,640,618 $19,157,136 $244.44 $129.21 47.1%
2020 31,960 3,943,096 522,058 18,680 $38,202,507 $2,732,492 $1195.32 $1109.83 7.2%
2019 203,367 24,172,079 1,219,157 45,366 $50,851,949 $26,097,415 $250.05 $121.72 51.3%
2018 199,666 24,178,130 1,154,059 42,836 $49,851,568 $25,655,269 $249.67 $121.18 51.5%
2017 192,331 23,455,344 1,110,189 41,033 $46,448,341 $23,264,241 $241.50 $120.54 50.1%
2016 187,309 22,971,386 1,103,518 40,756 $46,903,500 $21,161,796 $250.41 $137.43 45.1%
2015 178,350 21,842,570 1,060,672 38,865 $43,306,054 $19,932,525 $242.81 $131.05 46%