This is a list of the busiest Amtrak stations in the United States ranked by their respective Amtrak ridership by fiscal year. 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.

2025 Top ten busiest Amtrak stations in fiscal year 2025."Amtrak Ridership | Bureau of Transportation Statistics".

# Station City State Ridership1New York Penn StationNew York CityNew York13,037,4142Washington Union StationWashingtonDistrict of Columbia6,010,221330th Street StationPhiladelphiaPennsylvania5,586,1744Chicago Union StationChicagoIllinois3,175,8565South StationBostonMassachusetts1,884,2756Baltimore Penn StationBaltimoreMaryland1,333,1857Los Angeles Union StationLos AngelesCalifornia1,066,6148Albany–Rensselaer stationRensselaerNew York920,7799BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport stationBaltimoreMaryland911,27510Back Bay StationBostonMassachusetts894,548

2024 Top ten busiest Amtrak stations in fiscal year 2024.

# Station City State Ridership1New York Penn StationNew York CityNew York12,023,0382Washington Union StationWashingtonDistrict of Columbia5,639,617330th Street StationPhiladelphiaPennsylvania5,060,7704Chicago Union StationChicagoIllinois3,011,9725South StationBostonMassachusetts1,795,4546Baltimore Penn StationBaltimoreMaryland1,301,2747Los Angeles Union StationLos AngelesCalifornia1,053,9658Back Bay StationBostonMassachusetts916,5799New Haven Union StationNew HavenConnecticut907,50010Albany–Rensselaer stationRensselaerNew York899,048

2021 - 2023

# Station City State Ridership 2022-2023 Change FY 2021 FY 2022Amtrak FY22 RidershipFY 2023 1 New York Penn Station New York City New York 4,061,379 8,008,70010,249,956 27.99% 2 Washington Union Station Washington District of Columbia 1,758,409 3,631,677 4,751,407 30.83% 3 30th Street Station Philadelphia Pennsylvania 1,500,043 3,058,3294,197,176 37.24% 4 Chicago Union Station Chicago Illinois 1,336,525 2,359,0842,722,448 15.40% 5 South Station Boston Massachusetts 679,333 1,216,560 1,538,648 26.48% 6 Baltimore Penn Station Baltimore Maryland 446,914 838,5911,081,133 28.92% 7 Union Station Los Angeles California 466,417 928,5581,000,243 7.72% 8 Union Station New Haven Connecticut 347,544 617,119792,634 28.44% 9 Rensselaer New York 379,209 640,353790,673 23.45% 10 Back Bay Station Boston Massachusetts 322,928 606,967750,036 23.57%

2015 - 2020

# Station City State Ridership 2015 FY 2016 FY 2017 FY 2018 FY 2019 FY 2020 2019–2020change 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 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%

See also List of Amtrak stations List of busiest railway stations in North America

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