Rail ridership increased by nearly 1.4 million new riders on Shore Line East and New Haven Line rail service in 2007, marking across-the-board increases, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation‘s latest annual rail ridership report. Â
The New Haven Line experienced more than 1.3 million new passengers in 2007, nearly 4 percent over 2006. Shore Line East ridership increased 5.5 percent, or 25,000 more passenger rides in 2007. The SLE increase includes new riders on the inaugural holiday weekend service operated from November through December.
For the first two months of 2008, Connecticut intrastate ridership experienced double digit increases in certain markets on the New Haven Line. On Shore Line East in 2008, similar increases took place in January and February. This past January, SLE ridership increased 7.6 percent, and in February it rose more than 10 percent from 2007 ridership.
