Casco Bay Lines

Ferryboat at Casco Bay Lines

Casco Bay Lines carried 1,090,868 ferryboat boardings in FY2024 at $8.65 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Ferryboat Portland, ME
FY2024 boardings
1.09M
+3.6% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$8.65
+1.2% nationwide $16.88
Subsidy per ride
$5.01
-11.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
42.1%
+23.3% nationwide 25.8%
Passenger miles
3.88M
average trip 3.56 miles
Operating cost
$9.43M
Vehicles in service
4
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
54.85
19.9K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through July 2026.

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, 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 1,090,868 3,883,490 19,889 $9,434,990 $8.65 $5.01 42.1% 4

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 Casco Bay Lines reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 1,090,868 3,883,490 108,178 19,889 $9,434,990 $3,973,798 $8.65 $5.01 42.1%
2023 1,053,175 3,749,303 106,897 19,639 $9,004,758 $3,076,537 $8.55 $5.63 34.2%
2022 997,335 3,457,899 102,014 18,808 $7,691,901 $2,650,353 $7.71 $5.06 34.5%
2021 893,762 2,922,601 90,183 17,099 $9,282,982 $2,691,594 $10.39 $7.37 29%
2020 628,217 2,060,551 71,302 13,691 $6,934,082 $1,414,416 $11.04 $8.79 20.4%
2019 1,099,820 3,904,361 85,249 16,327 $7,160,896 $2,734,945 $6.51 $4.02 38.2%
2018 1,111,101 4,018,914 85,496 16,281 $6,383,809 $2,746,384 $5.75 $3.27 43%
2017 1,086,449 3,896,377 84,899 16,163 $6,198,451 $2,629,974 $5.71 $3.28 42.4%
2016 1,078,805 3,926,850 83,288 15,865 $6,013,167 $2,619,139 $5.57 $3.15 43.6%
2015 1,001,702 3,627,927 82,388 15,707 $5,595,405 $2,474,161 $5.59 $3.12 44.2%