The Useful Part of Amtrak Makes Money. Slate Magazine

Slate Magazine (blog)

The Useful Part of Amtrak Makes Money

Slate Magazine (blog)

- ‎44 minutes ago‎

The Brookings Institution is out with a new report about the rapid growth of intercity passenger rail in the United States (PDF) which since 1997 has grown much more rapidly than the population, than GDP, or than air travel.

Where Amtrak ridership is soaringSacramento Business Journal

Short-distance Amtrak routes surgeBoston Globe

In Depth:Amtrak is on track to weather any spending cutsCNN International

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Amtrak Reaches Record Yearly Ridership for 9th Time in 10 Years

Amtrak Reaches Record Yearly Ridership for 9th Time in 10 Years

GOP would end subsidies for Amtrak Philadelphia Inquirer

GOP would end subsidies for Amtrak

Philadelphia Inquirer - ‎8 hours ago‎

The platform Republicans adopted at their convention included a call for full privatization and an end to subsidies for the nation's passenger rail operator, which gobbled up almost $1.5 billion in federal funds last year.

Obama plan for high-speed rail, after hitting a bump, chugs forward again Christian Science Monitor

Obama plan for high-speed rail, after hitting a bump, chugs forward again

Christian Science Monitor - ‎1 hour ago‎

But the Obama plan to build high-speed rail corridors, conceived in 2009 and intended to catch America up to the sophisticated passenger rail systems in Asia and Europe, has lately been revived by two turns of events.