This only serves to prove the fact that if you give people frequent convenient choices, they will take the train. As has been mentioned many times on this forum, it's that lack of daily service that hurts the Sunset Limited and the Cardinal. Additionally on a several of the daily runs, if there were more choices, there would be more riders. Just look at the Silver Service.More than 86,400 passengers have taken advantage of Metrolink, Amtrak and The California Department of Transportation's new "Rail 2 Rail" joint ticketing program since its launch last Fall. This multi-faceted program allows Southern Californians more train travel options through better connectivity and joint ticket acceptance.
Here's another interesting quote from the same article.
You can read the full Amtrak press release by clicking here.For the first four months of the program, Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner posted record ridership with 615,532 passengers taking the train. This is a 20.1% increase in overall ridership from the previous year, including Metrolink pass holders.