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The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ ˈ æ m t r æ k /; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates intercity rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and 3 Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and track.
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Amtrak were one of the first parcel delivery companies based in the United Kingdom to adopt barcoded package tracking, with all drivers being given hand held computers in 1994. Roger Baines sold the business in the end of the 1990s, to private equity firm 3i Group Plc for around £70 million (around $120 million).
In November 2014, Amtrak, in the face of extreme delays, filed a complaint with the Surface Transportation Board, against CSX and Norfolk Southern, due to the frequency of extreme delays caused by freight train interference. [10] On April 19, 2018, Amtrak announced that it would discontinue full-service dining aboard the train on June 1.
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—Amtrak may employ rail police to provide security for rail passengers and property of Amtrak. Rail police employed by Amtrak who have complied with a state law establishing requirements applicable to rail police or individuals employed in a similar position may be employed without regard to the law of another state containing those requirements.
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