{"id":379,"date":"2026-04-29T23:28:37","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/denisagar.com\/?p=379"},"modified":"2026-04-29T23:28:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T23:28:39","slug":"via-rail-ridership-data-2023-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/denisagar.com\/?p=379","title":{"rendered":"VIA Rail Ridership Data 2023-2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I originally posted some ridership data from 2023 that I received through a freedom of information request. I did so for <a href=\"https:\/\/denisagar.com\/?p=356\">a silly reason<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I quickly realized that this was the only place on the web you could find this information. So I&#8217;ve made a few more FOI requests and here is the data from 2024 and 2025 as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It turns out that Miles and I were 66.7% of all the boardings at Abbotsford station in 2025. No wonder, the train comes at 2am and takes 6 hours to do a 1-hour journey. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9NHDvba0LtM\">You should watch the video<\/a> of us boarding there, it is fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/denisagar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/2023-2025-ridership.xlsx\">Here is all the ridership data from 2023 to 2025 together in one spreadsheet (xlsx).<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some notes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I didn&#8217;t request the whole year of 2023, so I only have Jan-Oct. I suppose someone could ask for the whole year &#8211; if you do, please email me and I can add it. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you&#8217;re looking for the least used station, I suspect there are many more active stations that have zero users, and you might be able to find them in the second tab. It&#8217;s kind of hard to know which stations are still active. I suppose you could try to book a ticket to one of them and see what happens. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I originally posted some ridership data from 2023 that I received through a freedom of information request. I did so for a silly reason. I quickly realized that this was the only place on the web you could find this information. 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