Bay State Cruise Company

Ferryboat at Bay State Cruise Company

Bay State Cruise Company carried 96,707 ferryboat boardings in FY2022 at $48.31 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Boston, MA
FY2022 boardings
96.7K
+14.7% vs FY2021
Cost per ride
$48.31
+104.4% nationwide $17.14
Subsidy per ride
$-16.70
+28.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
134.6%
-32.1% nationwide 25.1%
Passenger miles
5.32M
average trip 55 miles
Operating cost
$4.67M
Vehicles in service
3
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
51.44
1.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through December 2022.

This year against the last five

Same months on one axis, so seasonality does not read as a trend

Annual boardings

Ten-year series

Cost

This service against every ferryboat 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, FY2022

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 96,707 5,318,885 1,880 $4,672,351 $48.31 $-16.70 134.6% 3

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Events by year

Complete calendar years only

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Bay State Cruise Company reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2022 96,707 5,318,885 56,980 1,880 $4,672,351 $6,287,351 $48.31 $-16.70 134.6%
2021 84,293 4,695,120 58,960 1,887 $1,992,114 $3,949,371 $23.63 $-23.22 198.3%
2020 30,964 1,726,010 46,090 1,394 $1,381,255 $1,026,617 $44.61 $11.45 74.3%