Revenue Per Passenger-Mile, Class I Railroads for United States

Observations

Dec 1952: 2.70

Updated: Aug 16, 2012 2:03 PM CDT

Units:

Cents,

Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

Notes

Title	Release Dates

Revenue Per Passenger-Mile, Class I Railroads for United States	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Source

National Bureau of Economic Research	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Release

NBER Macrohistory Database	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Units

Cents	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Frequency

Monthly	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Seasonal Adjustment

Not Seasonally Adjusted	2005-08-01	2005-08-01

Notes

Data For April 1938-1954 Omitted The Southern Pacific Company'S Electric Lines, Since Operation Of These Lines Was Transferred To The Interurban Electric Railroad Company. April-December 1938 Figures, Including Southern Pacific Company Electric Lines, Can Be Derived By Adding .01 To Monthly Data Figure. Data For 1920-1954 Exclude Switching And Terminal Companies; Data For 1919 Include Them. On August 26, 1920 Fares Increased 20%. Data Were Computed Per Revenue Passenger. Data Are Subject To Revision After January 1953. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission, Data For 1919: Computed By NBER From Passenger Operating Revenues In "Operating Revenues And Expenses Of Large Steam Roads, July 1914-December 1919" And Number Of Passengers Carried One Mile In "Statistics Of Railways", 1922, P. Xcv. Data For 1920-1954: "Revenue Traffic Statistics Of Class I Steam Railways In The United States". This NBER data series m03010a appears on the NBER website in Chapter 3 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter03.html. NBER Indicator: m03010a	2005-08-01	2005-08-01