In this Aug. 3, 2010, file photo, people wait as the Amtrak Vermonter arrives in Montpelier, Vt. Amtrak has set new ridership records. The national high-speed rail operator says its trains carried more than 31 million passengers in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30. That marks the highest annual ridership total since Amtrak started operations in 1971. Records were set on Ethan Allen ridership between New York and Rutland, Vt., up 10 percent to more than 54,000 and the Vermonter from Washington to St. Albans, Vt., had 5.5 percent more passengers at 82,000.(AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)