The busiest day of this year’s Thanksgiving travel window was Wednesday, Nov. 21, which saw 140,691 riders. That also set a record for the highest single-day ridership in Amtrak’s history, topping the mark set a year earlier, when 138,736 riders traveled on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving.
Amtrak added extra trains nationwide, while extra seats were also added to some trains. This was also the first Thanksgiving since Amtrak began accepting electronic tickets nationwide.