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NARP's New Video Features One of America's Most Famous Rail Passengers

New Report Highlights 10-Year Safety Trend in Freight and Passenger Rail

Election 2016: What it means for transit

D.C.-Maryland-Virginia Passengers—Speak now, or forever hold your piece! (DEADLINE TODAY!)

Vote for Amtrak Guest Rewards Card on USA Today Poll

Hey, Candidates: What about infrastructure???

VOTER ALERT: Infrastructure Projects Coming to a Ballot Near You

ACTION ALERT: Help Amtrak beat this month's budget deadline!

Making Money the Old Fashioned Way: Amtrak Industry Day at Baltimore Penn

Congress Adjourns for Summer Break With Hearings on Amtrak and High-Speed Rail

California High Speed Rail: Let's Talk Facts

Calling all Cyclists! Help launch Summer by Rail in New York Penn Station - this Sunday!

ACTION ALERT: Passengers Seize the Momentum in the Senate

Don't Let Amtrak Get Stuck in the Slow Lane!

8 Ways to Create New Year Resolutions That Will Help NARP in 2016

Join Rising Appalachia on New Year’s Eve at the Jefferson Theatre in Charlottesville, Virginia

2016 Budget: Congress' Parting Gift for Passengers is Part Naughty, Part Nice

Why it makes no sense to pit the Northeast Corridor against the National Network (hint: it's the economy, stupid)

"Thank you to Jim Mathews and the Rail Passengers Association for presenting me with this prestigious award. I am always looking at ways to work with the railroads and rail advocates to improve the passenger experience."

Congressman Dan Lipinski (IL-3)
February 14, 2020, on receiving the Association's Golden Spike Award