Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc.

Commuter Bus at Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc.

Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc. carried 35,572 commuter bus boardings in FY2024 at $18.02 per ride. Ten years of National Transit Database figures for this service, with safety, reliability and the national comparison.

Commuter Bus Auburn, ME
FY2024 boardings
35.6K
+74.7% vs FY2023
Cost per ride
$18.02
-41.9% nationwide $24.52
Subsidy per ride
$16.42
-40.1% operating cost less fares
Fare recovery
8.9%
-24% nationwide 25.3%
Passenger miles
581K
average trip 16.33 miles
Operating cost
$641K
Vehicles in service
7
at maximum service
Rides per revenue hour
3.08
11.6K hours operated

Ridership

Monthly data through September 2024.

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 commuter 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, 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 35,572 581,020 11,568 $641,034 $18.02 $16.42 8.9% 7

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 Western Maine Transportation Services, Inc. reported this service.

Year Boardings Passenger miles Revenue miles Revenue hours Operating cost Fares Cost / ride Subsidy / ride Fare recovery
2024 35,572 581,020 276,382 11,568 $641,034 $56,985 $18.02 $16.42 8.9%
2023 20,363 413,465 246,265 10,916 $632,124 $73,901 $31.04 $27.41 11.7%
2022 12,105 377,676 228,547 8,633 $609,298 $43,986 $50.33 $46.70 7.2%
2021 8,223 270,660 175,051 6,732 $618,801 $75.25
2020 8,632 286,224 145,646 6,049 $482,362 $83,004 $55.88 $46.26 17.2%
2019 9,947 456,779 113,758 4,587 $293,762 $20,965 $29.53 $27.43 7.1%