What is the Southwest Chief?
Q: What is the Southwest Chief?
A: The Southwest Chief is a passenger train operated by Amtrak.
Q: What is the route of the Southwest Chief?
A: The Southwest Chief travels a 2,265-mile route through the Midwestern and Southwestern United States, from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California, passing through Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
Q: How many passengers did the Southwest Chief carry in fiscal year 2018?
A: During fiscal year 2018, the Southwest Chief carried 331,239 passengers.
Q: Was there a drop in the number of passengers in fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017?
A: Yes, there was a drop of 8.8 percent in the number of passengers carried by the Southwest Chief in fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017.
Q: How much revenue did the Southwest Chief generate in fiscal year 2018?
A: The Southwest Chief generated a revenue of $43,184,176 in fiscal year 2018.
Q: Was there a decrease in the revenue generated by the Southwest Chief in fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017?
A: Yes, there was a decrease of 3.8 percent in the revenue generated by the Southwest Chief in fiscal year 2018 compared to fiscal year 2017.
Q: Were there plans to replace a part of the Southwest Chief route with a bus service and were those plans canceled?
A: Yes, Amtrak had plans to replace the route between Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Dodge City, Kansas with bus service, but as of October 2018, those plans were canceled.
