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Bring Passenger Rail Service Back to Mobile

New Flexible Dining Service Launches on the Silver Star

Whoa! Virginia Steps Up To The Plate

Congress Unveils Final 2020 Transportation Bill

Freight Railroads to Congress: "Not so Fast!"

Ride a Train, Save the Planet

On Amtrak's 'Good Stewardship'

The Great South Dakota Rail Robbery!

Defending Passengers' Rights Before Congress

Testimony of Jim Mathews

You Decide: Top 10 New Trains in the US!

Rail Safety Week

Getting It Right

Senate Passes Increased Funding for Amtrak, Passenger Rail

What I Learned On My Summer Adventure

An Ideal State For Amtrak

The Power of Patient Advocacy

Victory (2:1) in the Valley of the Sun

"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