The average passenger fare in commuter rail increase gradually in the United States during the period given. As of 2020, this figure stood at 6.41 U.S. dollars. The same year, average passenger revenue per passenger-mile in commuter rail amounted to 27.6 U.S. cents.
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U.S. average passenger fares in commuter rail from 1990 to 2020
(in current U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Average fare in USD
2020
6.41
2019
6.53
2018
6.46
2017
6.43
2016
6.21
2015
6.08
2014
5.84
2013
5.65
2012
5.44
2011
5.28
2010
4.85
2009
4.69
2008
4.58
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (November 9, 2021). U.S. average passenger fares in commuter rail from 1990 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 10, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186849/us-average-passenger-fares-in-commuter-rail-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. average passenger fares in commuter rail from 1990 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars)." Chart. November 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186849/us-average-passenger-fares-in-commuter-rail-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2021). U.S. average passenger fares in commuter rail from 1990 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 10, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186849/us-average-passenger-fares-in-commuter-rail-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "U.S. Average Passenger Fares in Commuter Rail from 1990 to 2020 (in Current U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186849/us-average-passenger-fares-in-commuter-rail-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. average passenger fares in commuter rail from 1990 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186849/us-average-passenger-fares-in-commuter-rail-since-1990/ (last visited July 10, 2025)
U.S. average passenger fares in commuter rail from 1990 to 2020 (in current U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, November 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186849/us-average-passenger-fares-in-commuter-rail-since-1990/
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