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Train ridership sets records, as travelers seek to avoid traffic hassle, fill-ups

With rising gas prices and the high cost of air travel, more and more people are heeding the call of "all aboard."

In July, Amtrak had more than 2.7 million train passengers, the most in a single month in the company's 37-year history.

Some lines, including the Pacific Surfliner, which runs through Ventura County, are sometimes so full that there's standing room only.

"It wasn't that crowded really," said Karen Lawton, a 22-year-old accountant from Cork, Ireland, who was waiting at the Amtrak station next to the fairgrounds in Ventura with her friend Ciara Connolly, 23. "But it was a Monday when we came up here."

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