Passenger Trains > SunRail Story: Did The TV Gal Say 3300 Riders In January??

From The Orlando Sentinel:

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/sunrail/os-sunrail-ridership-down-20160204-story.html

Danny Harmon
Tampa

Narr8rdanny Wrote:
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> From The Orlando Sentinel:
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> http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/sunrail/os-sun
> rail-ridership-down-20160204-story.html
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> Danny Harmon
> Tampa


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12% drop.  website below just worked

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/sunrail/os-sunrail-ridership-down-20160204-story.html just worked.

Getting the north and south extensions done would also help.

JL

Keep trying, it won't work for me!

 Google SunRail ridership in January.  The article is the 1st one listed and does not have a regestration wall.

Typhoon Wrote:
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>  Google SunRail ridership in January.  The
> article is the 1st one listed and does not have a
> regestration wall.

Many SunRail trains are just two cars.

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I heard 3,300 riders per day, down about 1,000 from ridership budget and projections.

Web page shows 36 trains each weekday, no service on weekends or holidays.

Besides the two things mentioned such as not yet completed north and south extensions along with no service on weekends and holidays, I believe it takes people a little while to adapt to commuter trains where none ever existed.  I also believe that word of mouth plays a large roll especially after people get stuck in traffic jams on the highways and miss appointments.

One of the disappointing aspects seems to be a failure of many hospital workers to take the train. They were expected to be a big % of the ridership.

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Lackawanna484 Wrote:
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> One of the disappointing aspects seems to be a
> failure of many hospital workers to take the
> train. They were expected to be a big % of the
> ridership.
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> Posted from Android

I don't know the schedules of the trains but many hospital workers I know,  not the pencil pushers, work varying shifts, varing days, often 12 hours.
Not sure their hours match  with schedules.
With changes in the industry can be pretty grueling, not sure you want to get out of work after 12 hours on the floor, trundle over to train station, wait for train to depart, get to
a station and then drive home. Often they do not arrive or depart during rush hours so traffic is not an issue and parking is often provided proximate to work.

Bob