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The latest passenger rail and transit news

More and more are climbing aboard

Despite federal inaction, states continue to invest in Amtrak

High Culture [Re]Discovers The Passenger Train

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Government shutdown shouldn't hamper train travel

Shared Economy : Passenger Trains Have Been Ahead of the Curve

Robust, interconnected train networks underpin prosperous cities & regions

A Train Producer Sets the Stage for a Masterpiece

Flashback Friday: The more things change…

New Territory

Meet the 2013 Interns: Lessie

Transit agency tells its own story

Derailing the Hoosier State derails jobs

The rail solution to Chinese airport congestion

Bottlenecked: Amtrak Cannot Become a Victim of Its Own Success

Station to Station: Coined by Bowie, Seized by a Generation

Balanced transportation = healthier people

Hoosier State Train On the Brink

"The support from the Rail Passengers Association, and from all of you individually, has been incredibly important to Amtrak throughout our history and especially so during the last trying year."

Bill Flynn, Amtrak CEO
April 19, 2021, speaking to attendees at the Rail Passengers Virtual Spring Advocacy Conference