Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District

Commuter Rail at Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District carried 850,270 commuter rail boardings in FY2024 at $41.85 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Rail Petaluma, CA
← All of Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District
FY2024 boardings
850.3K
+32.8% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$41.85
-12.4% nationwide $24.41
Subsidy per ride
$39.27
-12.7% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
6.2%
+4.6% nationwide 26%
Passenger miles
18.4M
average trip 21.64 miles
Operating cost
$35.6M
Vehicles in service
12
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
23.56
36.1K 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 850,270 18,401,990 36,089 $35,581,765 $41.85 $39.27 6.2% 12

Safety and reliability

For this service alone.

Miles between failures

Revenue miles divided by mechanical failures. Higher is better.

Full series

Every year Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 850,270 18,401,990 1,013,842 36,089 $35,581,765 $2,192,253 $41.85 $39.27 6.2%
2023 640,099 13,922,153 977,309 34,223 $30,585,066 $1,800,747 $47.78 $44.97 5.9%
2022 354,328 7,855,912 679,245 23,190 $27,834,598 $1,283,111 $78.56 $74.93 4.6%
2021 122,849 3,148,345 398,291 13,298 $24,833,822 $706,938 $202.15 $196.39 2.8%
2020 567,103 13,516,234 821,415 28,993 $28,621,216 $3,090,457 $50.47 $45.02 10.8%
2019 716,847 18,371,183 923,002 32,890 $27,490,190 $4,094,540 $38.35 $32.64 14.9%
2018 636,029 16,174,174 766,833 43,959 $23,901,114 $3,315,274 $37.58 $32.37 13.9%