North County Transit District

Commuter Rail at North County Transit District

North County Transit District carried 852,993 commuter rail boardings in FY2024 at $44.41 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Rail Oceanside, CA
FY2024 boardings
853K
+4.9% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$44.41
+0.2% nationwide $24.41
Subsidy per ride
$40.36
+0% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
9.1%
+1.6% nationwide 26%
Passenger miles
23.7M
average trip 27.74 miles
Operating cost
$37.9M
Vehicles in service
30
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
17.3
49.3K 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 commuter rail 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 852,993 23,659,154 49,292 $37,880,552 $44.41 $40.36 9.1% 30

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year North County Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 852,993 23,659,154 1,603,304 49,292 $37,880,552 $3,455,789 $44.41 $40.36 9.1%
2023 813,207 22,553,663 1,658,466 51,343 $36,042,932 $3,236,798 $44.32 $40.34 9%
2022 588,409 15,559,030 1,607,300 51,224 $33,835,822 $2,449,068 $57.50 $53.34 7.2%
2021 162,707 4,302,564 782,995 24,931 $23,843,716 $907,137 $146.54 $140.97 3.8%
2020 944,109 24,963,395 1,186,577 37,458 $21,274,486 $4,126,697 $22.53 $18.16 19.4%
2019 1,408,677 37,232,410 1,289,001 40,454 $19,643,067 $5,394,547 $13.94 $10.11 27.5%
2018 1,433,125 37,902,707 1,376,954 34,747 $16,592,479 $5,014,818 $11.58 $8.08 30.2%
2017 1,454,865 38,461,097 1,360,510 34,422 $18,049,952 $5,882,922 $12.41 $8.36 32.6%
2016 1,556,056 43,722,519 1,372,271 34,680 $16,745,495 $6,877,550 $10.76 $6.34 41.1%
2015 1,641,525 45,885,614 1,391,367 35,161 $19,741,329 $7,400,569 $12.03 $7.52 37.5%