# List of busiest Amtrak stations

This is a list of the busiest Amtrak station in the United States ranked by their respective Amtrak ridership in fiscal year 2023 from October 2022 to September 2023. Ridership is defined as the total number of boarding and alightings at each station. Ridership figures since 2015 have been provided for comparative purposes. In the fiscal year 2020, ridership was down significantly across the board due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ridership numbers are for Amtrak only—commuter rail, subway, and other modes are not included.

## 2021 - 2023

| # | Station | City | State | Ridership | Ridership | Ridership | 2022-2023 Change |
| # | Station | City | State | FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | 2022-2023 Change |
| 1 | New York Penn Station | New York City | New York | 4,061,379 | 8,008,700 | 10,249,956 | 27.99% |
| 2 | Washington Union Station | Washington, D.C. | Washington, D.C. | 1,758,409 | 3,631,677 | 4,751,407 | 30.83% |
| 3 | 30th Street Station | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 1,500,043 | 3,058,329 | 4,197,176 | 37.24% |
| 4 | Chicago Union Station | Chicago | Illinois | 1,336,525 | 2,359,084 | 2,722,448 | 15.40% |
| 5 | South Station | Boston | Massachusetts | 679,333 | 1,216,560 | 1,538,648 | 26.48% |
| 6 | Baltimore Penn Station | Baltimore | Maryland | 446,914 | 838,591 | 1,081,133 | 28.92% |
| 7 | Union Station | Los Angeles | California | 466,417 | 928,558 | 1,000,243 | 7.72% |
| 8 | Union Station | New Haven | Connecticut | 347,544 | 617,119 | 792,634 | 28.44% |
| 9 | Albany–Rensselaer | Rensselaer | New York | 379,209 | 640,353 | 790,673 | 23.45% |
| 10 | Back Bay Station | Boston | Massachusetts | 322,928 | 606,967 | 750,036 | 23.57% |

## 2015 - 2020

| # | Station | City | State | Ridership | Ridership | Ridership | Ridership | Ridership | Ridership | Ridership |
| # | Station | City | State | FY 2015 | FY 2016 | FY 2017 | FY 2018 | FY 2019 | FY 2020 | 2019–2020 change |
| 1 | Penn Station | New York City | New York | 10,189,521 | 10,436,909 | 10,397,729 | 10,132,025 | 10,811,323 | 5,432,851 | 49.75% |
| 2 | Washington Union Station | Washington | District of Columbia | 4,971,128 | 5,098,562 | 5,225,460 | 5,197,237 | 5,207,223 | 2,606,059 | 49.95% |
| 3 | 30th Street Station | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 4,138,777 | 4,328,718 | 4,411,662 | 4,471,992 | 4,503,055 | 2,261,194 | 49.79% |
| 4 | Chicago Union Station | Chicago | Illinois | 3,295,630 | 3,247,117 | 3,388,051 | 3,388,307 | 3,331,527 | 1,688,452 | 49.32% |
| 5 | South Station | Boston | Massachusetts | 1,544,169 | 1,574,450 | 1,567,627 | 1,553,953 | 1,585,216 | 793,113 | 49.97% |
| 6 | Union Station | Los Angeles | California | 1,589,391 | 1,635,039 | 1,716,392 | 1,717,405 | 1,413,006 | 708,925 | 50.46% |
| 7 | Sacramento Valley Station | Sacramento | California | 1,027,013 | 1,051,001 | 1,073,584 | 1,089,223 | 1,100,550 | 565,196 | 48.64% |
| 8 | Penn Station | Baltimore | Maryland | 993,721 | 1,030,161 | 1,063,628 | 1,041,232 | 1,043,542 | 538,330 | 48.41% |
| 9 | Albany–Rensselaer | Rensselaer | New York | 825,353 | 885,176 | 803,348 | 800,368 | 806,960 | 450,965 | 44.12% |
| 10 | Union Station | New Haven | Connecticut | 698,656 | 642,471 | 627,065 | 697,603 | 778,534 | 425,723 | 45.32% |