San Carlos Caltrain
Bus at San Carlos Caltrain
San Carlos Caltrain carried 375,188 bus boardings in FY2020 at $10.35 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.
Bus
San Carlos, CA
FY2020 boardings
375.2K
-27.4%
vs FY2019
Cost per ride
$10.35
+40.6%
nationwide $7.45
Subsidy per ride
—
operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
—
nationwide 12.8%
Passenger miles
1.21M
average trip 3.22 miles
Operating cost
$3.88M
Vehicles in service
30
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
8.87
42.3K hours operated
Ridership
Monthly data through June 2020.
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 bus 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, FY2020
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Purchased transportation | 375,188 | 1,207,136 | 42,302 | $3,882,292 | $10.35 | — | — | 30 |
Safety and reliability
For this service alone.
Events by year
Complete calendar years only
Full series
Every year San Carlos Caltrain reported this service.
| Year | Boardings | Passenger miles | Revenue miles | Revenue hours | Operating cost | Fares | Cost / ride | Subsidy / ride | Fare recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 375,188 | 1,207,136 | 452,426 | 42,302 | $3,882,292 | — | $10.35 | — | — |
| 2019 | 517,103 | 1,689,331 | 493,930 | 46,357 | $3,806,476 | — | $7.36 | — | — |
| 2018 | 583,624 | 1,934,267 | 562,506 | 53,130 | $4,307,954 | — | $7.38 | — | — |
| 2017 | 618,172 | 2,142,244 | 559,834 | 54,032 | $4,270,354 | — | $6.91 | — | — |
| 2016 | 728,346 | 2,526,295 | 566,545 | 50,596 | $4,102,191 | — | $5.63 | — | — |
| 2015 | 791,962 | 2,777,770 | 604,010 | 51,785 | $4,058,662 | — | $5.12 | — | — |