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The urgent need to solve the passenger train disaster was heightened by the bankruptcy filing of the Penn Central, the dominant railroad in the Northeastern United States, on June 21, 1970. Under the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, Congress created the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (NRPC) to subsidize and oversee the operation of ...
This is a list of the operating passenger rail transit systems in the United States. This list does not include intercity rail services such as the Alaska Railroad or Amtrak and its state-sponsored subsidiaries. "Region" refers to the metropolitan area based around the city listed, where applicable. Operating Region State System Authority Type (FTA) Albuquerque New Mexico Rail Runner Express ...
As of 2023 there are just four American owned Class I freight railroad companies and one passenger railroad company (Amtrak). The list also includes two Canadian-owned Class I freight railroads, both of which have trackage in the US, and one, CPKC, has trackage in Mexico. [1] [2] Amtrak; BNSF Railway; Canadian National Railway
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 inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and track ...
5.3 United States. 6 Oceania. ... Elron (government-owned passenger train operator; 2013–) Go Rail ... (Swedish state owned freight rail company)
Train name Railroad Train endpoints in a typical [year] Operated Badger: Amtrak: Chicago–Milwaukee [1985] 1985–1989 Badger Express: Great Northern: St. Paul, Minnesota–Duluth, Minnesota [1943]; 1955-1971 just called 'Badger' 1925–1971 Badger Limited: Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad: Chicago–Milwaukee [1930] 1929–1933 ...
The following is a list of commuter rail systems in the United States, ranked by ridership. All figures come from the American Public Transportation Association 's (APTA) Ridership Reports Statistics for the fourth quarter of 2023, [ 1 ] unless otherwise indicated.
Train Name Railroad Train Endpoints in a typical [year] Operated Cabana: New Haven: New York, New York - Boston, Massachusetts [1951] 1932–1940; 1950–1954; 1962 California and Mexico Express: Santa Fe: Kansas City, Missouri - Los Angeles, California [1904] 1886-1907 California Express: Texas and Pacific