More people rode the Amtrak train in 2016 than the year before. Ridership on the Empire Builder which runs through St. Cloud was up 5.8%. A total of 146,689 passengers rode that route.
Ridership on the Northstar Commuter Train is up. Metro Transit says they saw a six-percent increase in the number of Northstar customers in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period last year.