Amtrak

American  

[am-trak] / ˈæmˌtræk /

noun

1. a government-subsidized public corporation created by Congress in 1970 to operate a national intercity passenger railroad system through contracts with existing railroads.

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Etymology

Origin of Amtrak

Am(erican) tra(vel on trac)k

Example Sentences

It turns out that D.C. wanted to spend $70,000 per location to connect a field house on Catholic University’s campus, a construction trailer a few feet from a pole with visible fiber, a gated Pepco electric utility building, a shed along Amtrak train tracks in Northeast D.C., a nonexistent building along the same Amtrak train tracks, and an open field off the George Washington Parkway.

From The Wall Street Journal

Esther Fung is a reporter in The Wall Street Journal's corporate bureau in New York, where she writes about parcel-shipping companies like FedEx and UPS, freight railroads like Union Pacific, CSX and Norfolk Southern, passenger railroad Amtrak, the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

Much of the site is owned by Amtrak, a corporation chartered by the federal government.

From The Wall Street Journal

Amtrak is adjusting External link some of its services in the Northeast on Sunday and Monday because of dangerous winter weather conditions, and said affected customers can rebook their travel or request refunds without penalties at Amtrak.com, on Amtrak’s mobile app, or by calling 1-800-USA-RAIL.

From Barron's

Amtrak’s Mardi Gras service between New Orleans and Mobile, Ala., is back, with stop-worthy spots along the way.

From The Wall Street Journal