List of busiest Amtrak stations facts for kids

30th Street Station in Philadelphia, one of Amtrak's busiest train stations in the nation, July 2016

This article is all about the busiest train stations in the United States! We're looking at stations used by Amtrak, which is America's main passenger train service. These lists show which stations had the most people getting on and off trains in the fiscal year 2022 (that's from October 2021 to September 2022). You'll also see how these numbers compare to the year before.

It's important to know that these numbers are only for Amtrak trains. They don't include other types of trains like local commuter trains or subways. Also, this list only includes stations in the U.S., not any Amtrak stations in Canada.

America's Busiest Train Stations (2022)

This table shows the top 10 busiest Amtrak stations in the United States for the fiscal year 2022. You can see how many passengers used each station in 2021 and 2022, and how much the numbers changed. A "fiscal year" is like a company's financial year, which for Amtrak runs from October to September.

Rank	Station Name	City	State	Number of Passengers		Change from 2021 to 2022
				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%

More About Amtrak Stations

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