Let's compare bus ridership in Western MA to ridership on Boston's commuter rail
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Stops with less ridership than this aren't really viable as train stations--only 14 stations with 10-99 riders, only 1 station below 10.
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But bus stops? A whopping 719 of them fall in the 10-99 range. Only 119 of those stops are above 50.
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How about 1-9? A staggering 744 bus stops end up here. Stops in this range *average* at least one rider a day, but may have empty days too.
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Rounding out the list, there are 318 bus stops with average daily ridership of *zero*
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All told: 1927 bus stops - 0.7% above 1000 daily riders - 7% with 100-999 - 37% with 10-99 - 39% with 1-9 - 17% with 0
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Compare: 135 commuter rail stations - 1.5% above 10000 - 16% with 1000-9999 - 72% with 100-999 - 10% with 10-99 - 0.7% with 1-9
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The Amherst Amtrak stop is a strange and wonderful place
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it's closed now...Amtrak runs on the other side of the river instead
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Rats. The remoteness of the stop almost had a fairy tale quality. The fact that the train changed directions en route added to that feeling
End of conversation
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