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Wiktionary

  1. amtraknoun

    A class of amphibious vehicles introduced in World War II.

  2. Amtraknoun

    A US passenger railway (incorporated as the w:National Railroad Passenger Corporation).

  3. Etymology: Ca. 1971, alteration of

Wikidata

  1. Amtrak

    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is a publicly funded service operated and managed as a for-profit corporation and began operations on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. Amtrak operates more than 300 trains each day on 21,200 miles of track at speeds up to 150 mph connecting more than 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces. In fiscal year 2012, Amtrak served a record 31.2 million passengers and had $2.02 billion in revenue while employing more than 20,000 people. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track" and is headquartered at Union Station in Washington, D.C.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Amtrak in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Amtrak in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Amtrak in a Sentence

  1. Chuck Schumer:

    Experts have made clear that Positive Train Control could have prevented the tragedy in Philadelphia, it is simply a fact that insufficient funding for Amtrak has delayed the installation of PTC, and to deny a connection between the accident and underfunding Amtrak is to deny reality.

  2. Robert Puentes:

    All of the rhetoric over Amtrak that exists in D.C. simply does not exist outside D.C., it's a completely different conversation.

  3. Shaun Donovan:

    You're looking at more than a 15 percent cut in investments in Amtrak.

  4. American Airlines spokesman Josh Freed:

    In response to the Amtrak derailment, we added capacity and our fare structure remained the same.

  5. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx:

    These airlines have allegedly raised fees beyond what you would ordinarily expect in the Northeast Corridor at a time when the Amtrak line was shut down.

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