List of busiest railway stations in North America
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This is a list of the busiest railway stations in North America. The figures are collected by the operating agencies of each railway station, and are estimates based on ticket usage data, crowd sizes and other extrapolations.
The ranking is based on annual passengers traveling by passenger rail or commuter rail; other visitors are not included. For example, Grand Central Terminal, a major attraction in New York City, sees nearly 750,000 people{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.grandcentralterminal.com/about/ |access-date=June 29, 2023 |website=Grand Central Terminal |language=en-US}} daily to shop, dine, conduct business, meet family and friends, or admire the station. As well, nearly 45 million{{NYCS const|riderref}} passengers use the nearby subway station each year. Because these people are not using passenger or commuter rail services, they are not included in Grand Central's passenger count.
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As of 2018, stations that see at least 10 million annual passengers include:
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Total is derived by adding up passengers on LIRR, NJ Transit and Amtrak.
LIRR 2017 Totals breaks down as follows:
117180 daily weekday arrivals, 116160 daily weekday departures, 48960 Saturday arrivals, 48470 Saturday departures, 36950 Sunday arrivals, 40700 Sunday departures. This gives us a yearly total of ((117180+116160)*5+(48960+48470)+(36950+40700))*52 = 69,722,560.
NJ Transit 2017 Totals breaks down as follows: 93,305 weekday arrivals and departures from Penn Station. Breakdown for Saturday and Sunday is not given but it can be calculated by looking at the percentage drop in total ridership. 307853 total trips took place on NJ Transit on a weekday, 104088 took place on Saturday and 87709 on Sunday. Which means ridership on Saturday is 33.8% that of an average weekday and ridership on Sunday is 28.5% that of a weekday. Which gives (93305*0.338) = 31547 arrivals and departures from Penn Station on Saturday and (93305*0.285) = 26853 arrivals and departures from Penn Station Sunday. Giving us a yearly total of ((93305*5)+31547+26853)*52 = 27,296,100.
Amtrak 2017 total is: 10,397,729.
Totaling up these 3 figures gives us: 69,722,560+27,296,100+10,397,729 = 107,416,389
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