VIA Rail's Easter results

Taken from the VIA Rail Press Release...

HIGHLIGHTS
From Thursday, March 28th to Tuesday, April 2nd:

ROUTES BETWEEN QUEBEC, MONTRÉAL, OTTAWA AND TORONTO
Increase in ridership of 10.2% compared to 2012
Increase in revenues of 4.9% compared to 2012

COAST-TO-COAST VIA RAIL NETWORK
71,000 passengers on-board
Increase in ridership of 2.4% compared to 2012
Train Occupancy up 6.9 percentage points compared to 2012

Details at http://www.viarail.ca/en/about-via-rail ... ults-sweet

If ridership is increasing, why does the government keeps cutting them? I mean... over 10% ridership increase IS pretty awesome, and I know several people who are gettin' more and more interested by train travelling...