Amtrak set annual ridership and ticket revenue records

during its fiscal year ended Sept. 30, including 6.6 percent more passengers and 7.5 percent greater ticket revenue for high-speed Acela service. The rail operator cited "a moderately improved economic environment allowing some recovery of business travel along the Northeast Corridor," Wi-fi installations on Acela Express trains and "consumer dissatisfaction with air service." Amtrak claimed a 65 percent share of the "air-rail market" between New York and Washington, and 52 percent between New York and Boston.