Trends · data through August 2026

Train Stations in the United States

Iceflower tracks 295 stores from 221 train stations chains in the United States. PATCO grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Columbia and Amtrak.

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
221
Tracked stores
295
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked train stations 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. PATCO and Columbia sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 P PATCO logo PATCO - +12.3%
2 C Columbia - +6.5%
3 A Amtrak logo Amtrak - -9.5%
4 B Bridgewater - -22.8%
5 G Greenville - -23.4%
  • MTA
  • Amtrak
  • Columbia
  • PATCO
  • Crystal City
  • Union Station
  • College Park Metro Station
  • Other tracked chains

Store footprint

Store map

295 tracked store locations in the United States. The 7 largest tracked chains are highlighted.

  • MTA (2)
  • Amtrak (28)
  • Columbia (20)
  • PATCO (6)
  • Crystal City (1)
  • Union Station (9)
  • College Park Metro Station (1)
  • Other tracked chains

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 A Amtrak logo Amtrak 28
  • 2 C Columbia 20
  • 3 U Union Station 9
  • 4 P PATCO logo PATCO 6
  • 5 B Bridgewater 4
  • 6 G Greenville 4
  • 7 R Roanoke 2
  • 8 T The Train Station 2
  • 9 B Brightline logo Brightline 2
  • 10 E Emerson 2
  • 11 G Grand Canyon Railway logo Grand Canyon Railway 2
  • 12 B Birmingham 2
  • 13 M Metro-North Railroad logo Metro-North Railroad 2
  • 14 D DART logo DART 2
  • 15 M MTA logo MTA 2
  • 16 D Detroit People Mover 1
  • 17 G Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 1
  • 18 A Arapahoe at Village Center Station 1
  • 19 D Deanwood Metro Station 1
  • 20 L Lake Highlands Station 1
  • 21 L Leadville Railroad 1
  • 22 L LIRR - Port Jefferson Station 1
  • 23 O Orange Street 1
  • 24 C Chelatchie Prairie Railroad 1
  • 25 P Plaza Saltillo Station 1
  • 26 M MBTA Commuter Rail Facility 1
  • 27 S Sebring 1
  • 28 M MBTA Government Center Station 1
  • 29 N NJ Transit Mahwah Station 1
  • 30 C Caltrain - Burlingame Station 1
  • 31 D DART Ledbetter Station 1
  • 32 F Fairview Heights 1
  • 33 A Anacostia Metro Station 1
  • 34 B Berea Union Depot 1
  • 35 R Reading Blue Mountain & Northern RR 1
  • 36 N North Bennington Train Depot 1
  • 37 L LIRR-Bellerose 1
  • 38 F Forest Glen Metro Station 1
  • 39 U Utah Transit Authority logo Utah Transit Authority 1
  • 40 N New Providence 1
  • 41 W Waterfront Metro Station 1
  • 42 B Bellwood 1
  • 43 C Congress Heights Metro Station 1
  • 44 A Addison Road-Seat Pleasant Metro Station 1
  • 45 F Fitchburg 1
  • 46 P PHX Sky Train Terminal 4 station 1
  • 47 G Glen Mills station 1
  • 48 G Gladstone 1
  • 49 C Cranford 1
  • 50 L Longwood 1

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