Ncaa.march madness amtrak ridership #'s

[mlhughes0522]

Ncaa March madness

Next week 4/5-7

Dallas,tx/fort worth,tx

This week 3/27-30

Men's sites

Memphis, Tenn.

Anaheim, Calif.

Indianapolis, Ind.

New York, N.Y.

Last week 3/20-23

Raleigh,NC San Diego ,ca

Spokane, Wash. San Antonio, Texas

Buffalo, N.Y. Milwaukee, Wis.

Orlando, Fla. St. Louis, Mo.

Most of near good amtrak routes I wonder how is amtrak ridership durning ncaa march madness tournament?

Does it hurt or help amtrak durning ncaa tournament?

 

[afigg]

Most of near good amtrak routes I wonder how is amtrak ridership durning ncaa march madness tournament?

Does it hurt or help amtrak durning ncaa tournament?

I don't see how a NCCA tournament in a city served by Amtrak can hurt ridership. On the other hand, don't know if there was a noticeable ridership bump last weekend for the cities with NCAA games.
This weekend, Memphis and Indianapolis are only served by one train a day, so the upside in ridership is limited. Anaheim could boost trips on the Surfliner. There will be Amtrak ridership to the March madness games at Madison Square Garden, but a lot of people from the other cities on the NEC take Amtrak to NHL and NBA games at MSG on a regular basis.

 

[mlhughes0522]

@Afigg true i would say the both northeast corridor and Pacific Surfliner Los Angeles - San Diego always busy durning sports events like NBA LA laker, Los Angeles Clippers, MLB LA dodgers, LA angels, SD teams and nfl NE:NBA NYK NYN PHI 76ers, WAS, NFL NYG NYJ PHI WAS. March madness too

U would think would add extra trains CHI-IND atleast but I don't think they will. But the Memphis would be hard to add extra service I guess they could add one more each way CHI-MEM but they won't

 

[mlhughes0522]

Here is sample what amtrak could do

To add extra service to/from chi-ind

51 /851. 852. 854. 850/50 853

IND. 6:00a 11:45p 5:30p 10:30p 6:00p

CRF 6:58a 10:33a 4:23p. 9:35p 6:58p

LAF. 7:33a. 9:30a. 3:00p 8:55p 7:33p

REN 7:38a. 8:20a 1:40p. 7:50p 7:38p

DYE 8:27a 7:30a 12:30p 7:00p 8:27p

CHI 10:00a 6:00a 11:00a 5:30p 10:00p