Philly Amtrak Fan
Engineer
I found Amtrak's ridership and revenue projections for this year and the next four fiscal years in their FY 16-20 Five-Year Financial Plan. This is the most up to date data I could find.
https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/844/40/FY16-Business-Plan-FY17-Budget-Justification-FY-16-20-Five-Year-Financial-Plan.pdf
The report was released in February 2016. I assume they did not figure in the recent changes to the CZ and Palmetto.
These are listed in order of ridership along with FY 2015 data (https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/322/821/Amtrak-Monthly-Performance-Report-September-2015-Preliminary-Unaudited.pdf). Revenue is in millions
Coast Starlight 510,952 $56.3 (455,845 $41.1): 12% increase ridership, 37% increase revenue
Empire Builder 453,165 $61.7 (438,376 $50.5): 3%/ 22%
Silver Star 413,776 $43.9 (383,347 $33.1): 8%/33%
California Zephyr 392,892 $60.7 (375,342 $48.8): 5%/24%
Silver Meteor 383,144 $52.1 (346,097 $38.5): 11%/35%
Southwest Chief 381,883 $54.4 (367,267 $44.9): 4%/21%
Lake Shore Limited 381,321 $37.6 (356,898 $28.5): 7%/32%
Texas Eagle 360,674 $33.4 (317,282 $24.4): 14%/37%
Auto Train 299,149 $98.7 (271,622 $81.6): 10%/21%
Crescent 298,299 $40.0 (281,777 $31.3): 6%/28%
City of New Orleans 272,173 $23.4 (255,458 $19.4): 7%/21%
Capitol Limited 241,172 $23.9 (226,240 $19.1): 7%/25%
Palmetto 229,365 $21.5 (208,645 $16.9): 10%/27%
Sunset Limited 109,649 $15.3 (100,713 $11.6): 9%/32%
Cardinal 108,460 $10.1 (103,633 $7.6): 5%/33%
The % increase in ridership over 5 years is estimated between 3% (EB) to 14% (TE) and the % increase in revenue between 21% (SWC/AT/CONO) to 37% (CS/TE). Amtrak probably sees the most growth in the CS, SM, and TE as all three are projected to have double digit % increases in ridership and 35% or higher increases in revenue. Of course they don't factor in the recent changes to the Palmetto/CZ. Currently the CZ is running ahead of the EB in terms of revenue for FY 16 (https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/367/406/Amtrak-Monthly-Performance-Report-June-2016.pdf) so I would expect it to eventually be the highest LD/non-AT revenue maker.
https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/844/40/FY16-Business-Plan-FY17-Budget-Justification-FY-16-20-Five-Year-Financial-Plan.pdf
The report was released in February 2016. I assume they did not figure in the recent changes to the CZ and Palmetto.
These are listed in order of ridership along with FY 2015 data (https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/322/821/Amtrak-Monthly-Performance-Report-September-2015-Preliminary-Unaudited.pdf). Revenue is in millions
Coast Starlight 510,952 $56.3 (455,845 $41.1): 12% increase ridership, 37% increase revenue
Empire Builder 453,165 $61.7 (438,376 $50.5): 3%/ 22%
Silver Star 413,776 $43.9 (383,347 $33.1): 8%/33%
California Zephyr 392,892 $60.7 (375,342 $48.8): 5%/24%
Silver Meteor 383,144 $52.1 (346,097 $38.5): 11%/35%
Southwest Chief 381,883 $54.4 (367,267 $44.9): 4%/21%
Lake Shore Limited 381,321 $37.6 (356,898 $28.5): 7%/32%
Texas Eagle 360,674 $33.4 (317,282 $24.4): 14%/37%
Auto Train 299,149 $98.7 (271,622 $81.6): 10%/21%
Crescent 298,299 $40.0 (281,777 $31.3): 6%/28%
City of New Orleans 272,173 $23.4 (255,458 $19.4): 7%/21%
Capitol Limited 241,172 $23.9 (226,240 $19.1): 7%/25%
Palmetto 229,365 $21.5 (208,645 $16.9): 10%/27%
Sunset Limited 109,649 $15.3 (100,713 $11.6): 9%/32%
Cardinal 108,460 $10.1 (103,633 $7.6): 5%/33%
The % increase in ridership over 5 years is estimated between 3% (EB) to 14% (TE) and the % increase in revenue between 21% (SWC/AT/CONO) to 37% (CS/TE). Amtrak probably sees the most growth in the CS, SM, and TE as all three are projected to have double digit % increases in ridership and 35% or higher increases in revenue. Of course they don't factor in the recent changes to the Palmetto/CZ. Currently the CZ is running ahead of the EB in terms of revenue for FY 16 (https://www.amtrak.com/ccurl/367/406/Amtrak-Monthly-Performance-Report-June-2016.pdf) so I would expect it to eventually be the highest LD/non-AT revenue maker.