List of busiest Amtrak stations facts for kids

30th Street Station in Philadelphia, Amtrak's third-busiest train station in the nation, July 2016

This is a list of the train stations with the highest Amtrak ridership the United States in the fiscal year 2022 (October 2021 to September 2022). Ridership figures from 2021 have been provided for comparative purposes. There are also statistics of ridership from 2015 through 2020. In the fiscal year 2020, ridership was down significantly across the board due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The rankings exclude Amtrak stations located in Canada. Ridership numbers are for Amtrak only—commuter rail, subway, and other modes are not included.

2021 - 2022

#	Station	City	State	Ridership		Change
				FY 2021	FY 2022
1	New York Penn Station	New York City	New York	4,061,379	8,008,700	97.19%
2	Washington Union Station	Washington, D.C.	District of Columbia	1,758,409	3,631,677	106.5%
3	30th Street Station	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	1,500,043	3,058,329	103.8%
4	Chicago Union Station	Chicago	Illinois	1,336,525	2,359,084	76.51%
5	South Station	Boston	Massachusetts	679,333	1,216,560	79.08%
6	Union Station	Los Angeles	California	466,417	928,558	99.08%
7	Baltimore Penn Station	Baltimore	Maryland	446,914	838,591	87.64%
8	Albany–Rensselaer	Rensselaer	New York	379,209	640,353	68.87%
9	Union Station	New Haven	Connecticut	347,544	617,119	77.56%
10	Back Bay Station	Boston	Massachusetts	322,928	606,967	87.96%

2015 - 2020

#	Station	City	State	Ridership
				FY 2015	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020	2019–2020 change
1	Penn Station	New York City	New York	10,189,521	10,436,909	10,397,729	10,132,025	10,811,323	5,432,851	49.75%
2	Washington Union Station	Washington	District of Columbia	4,971,128	5,098,562	5,225,460	5,197,237	5,207,223	2,606,059	49.95%
3	30th Street Station	Philadelphia	Pennsylvania	4,138,777	4,328,718	4,411,662	4,471,992	4,503,055	2,261,194	49.79%
4	Chicago Union Station	Chicago	Illinois	3,295,630	3,247,117	3,388,051	3,388,307	3,331,527	1,688,452	49.32%
5	South Station	Boston	Massachusetts	1,544,169	1,574,450	1,567,627	1,553,953	1,585,216	793,113	49.97%
6	Union Station	Los Angeles	California	1,589,391	1,635,039	1,716,392	1,717,405	1,413,006	708,925	50.46%
7	Sacramento Valley Station	Sacramento	California	1,027,013	1,051,001	1,073,584	1,089,223	1,100,550	565,196	48.64%
8	Penn Station	Baltimore	Maryland	993,721	1,030,161	1,063,628	1,041,232	1,043,542	538,330	48.41%
9	Albany–Rensselaer	Rensselaer	New York	825,353	885,176	803,348	800,368	806,960	450,965	44.12%
10	Union Station	New Haven	Connecticut	698,656	642,471	627,065	697,603	778,534	425,723	45.32%

See also

• List of Amtrak stations
• List of busiest railway stations in North America