Trends · data through September 2026

Train Stations in the United States

Iceflower tracks 703 stores from 496 train station chains in the United States. Metrolink grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Amtrak and Utah Transit Authority.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
496
Tracked stores
703
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked train station chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Metrolink and Amtrak sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 Metrolink ▲1 +15.2%
2 Amtrak - +12.9%
3 Utah Transit Authority - +0.9%
4 Union Station ▲1 -3.7%
5 Brightline ▲1 -5.7%
6 Southern ▼1 -15.0%
7 DART ▼1 -28.0%
8 Metra ▼1 -88.3%
  • Amtrak
  • Metro-North Railroad
  • Union Station
  • Parkesburg
  • Hinsdale
  • South Shore
  • Las Vegas Monorail
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

703 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted. The top 5 chains by store count run 157 of the 703 stores (22%); 457 of the 496 tracked chains have a single store here.

  • Amtrak (109)
  • Metro-North Railroad (5)
  • Union Station (17)
  • Parkesburg (1)
  • Hinsdale (1)
  • South Shore (2)
  • Las Vegas Monorail (2)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 Amtrak 109
  • 2 Metra 18
  • 3 Union Station 17
  • 4 LIRR 8
  • 5 Metro-North Railroad 5
  • 6 Metrolink 5
  • 7 Southern 5
  • 8 DART 4
  • 9 Bridgewater 4
  • 10 Utah Transit Authority 4
  • 11 Newport 4
  • 12 Greenville 4
  • 13 Southeastern 3
  • 14 South Shore Line 3
  • 15 Brightline 3
  • 16 River Forest 3
  • 17 Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 2
  • 18 Campbell Hall 2
  • 19 Battery Place 2
  • 20 New Buffalo 2
  • 21 Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad 2
  • 22 1880 Train 2
  • 23 Cape Cod Central Railroad 2
  • 24 Mystic 2
  • 25 Roanoke 2
  • 26 Longwood 2
  • 27 Bleecker Street 2
  • 28 Smithsonian Metro Station 2
  • 29 Grand Canyon Railway 2
  • 30 Birmingham 2
  • 31 Elmhurst 2
  • 32 Las Vegas Monorail 2
  • 33 Poughkeepsie 2
  • 34 South Shore 2
  • 35 San Clemente Pier Station 1
  • 36 LIRR - Freeport Station 1
  • 37 14 Street - Union Square 1
  • 38 H Street station 1
  • 39 Metropark Station 1
  • 40 Winnemucca 1
  • 41 Castro Valley BART 1
  • 42 MBTA Commuter Rail Facility 1
  • 43 Perryville 1
  • 44 Midvale Trax 1
  • 45 Metro Atlanta 1
  • 46 Deanwood Metro Station 1
  • 47 18 E 41st St 1
  • 48 47th Street 1
  • 49 SEPTA Manayunk Station 1
  • 50 LIRR Hollis Station 1

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