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Table 3. Amtrak Cascades Trains 510, 513, 516 and 517-Ridership and Revenue 2009-2013 <br />October -June <br />Ridership <br />Revenue <br />2012 - 2013 <br />143,676 <br />$5,860,420 <br />2011 - 2012 <br />163,207 <br />$6,540,335 <br />2010 - 2011 <br />160,275 <br />$6,052,903 <br />2009 - 2010 <br />162,995 <br />$6,018,360 <br />Sounder Commuter Rail <br />Sounder Commuter Rail, operated by Sound Transit, started its north line service between <br />Everett and Seattle in December 2003 with a single daily round trip. Landslides began to <br />significantly impact Sounder service in the 2005-2006 winter with 10 days of cancelled service <br />and 40 annulments. All but one winter since 2008-2009 has experienced service disruptions from <br />landslides with the number of impacts growing as service increased from one to four daily round <br />trips. In the 2012-2013 winter, 28 days of Sounder rail service were disrupted, resulting in 206 <br />annulments (Table 4). <br />Table 4. Sounder Commuter Rail Seasonal Annulments, Days Impacted, and Daily Trips <br />Scheduled from 2003-2013 <br />October - June <br />Annulments <br />Days Impacted <br />Daily Trips <br />Scheduled <br />2012 - 2013 <br />206 <br />27.5 <br />8 <br />2011- 2012 <br />41 <br />7 <br />8 <br />2010 - 2011 <br />70 <br />9 <br />8 <br />2009 - 2010 <br />24 <br />3 <br />8 <br />2008 - 2009 <br />0 <br />0 <br />8 <br />2007 - 2008 <br />18 <br />3 <br />6 <br />2006 - 2007 <br />16 <br />4 <br />4 <br />2005 - 2006 <br />40 <br />10 <br />4 <br />2004 - 2005 <br />0 <br />0 <br />2 <br />2003 - 2004 <br />3 <br />2 <br />2 <br />When Sounder service is cancelled, customers are directed to special bus transportation that <br />Sound Transit arranges to transport riders to Sounder stations. These buses augment existing bus <br />service, which are often overloaded from absorbing the additional commuters unable to commute <br />by rail transit. There are also occasions when limited partial service is offered (i.e., morning or <br />afternoon train, or a train to one or two stations not impacted by slide activity), rather than <br />cancelling an entire train. For instance, if landslides occur north of Mukilteo, service may be <br />possible between Seattle and Edmonds/Mukilteo, but not Everett. On these occasions, the <br />replacement bus service is only required for customers that travel between Seattle and Everett. <br />The largest financial impact to Sounder north line service as a result of landslides is lost farebox <br />revenue from declining ridership. However, quantifying these financial impacts is challenging <br />8 <br />