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NARP To Raffle New England Train Tour

It’s The Funding, Stupid

Ask Senators to Support Two Important Transportation Bills

Senate Appropriators Reject House’s Cuts to Trains

Pivotal Point in Washington Union Station Development Represents “Once in a Lifetime Opportunity”

Senate Passenger Rail Bill: A Huge Leap Forward

Making the Case for Intermodal Transportation in the Gulf Coast Region

No Gas Tax Hike to Pay for Transportation Projects, Says House Ways and Means Chairman

House to Stage Another Round of Votes on Anti-Train Amendments Today

Call to Action: Protect High-Speed Rail in Florida

House Appropriators to Vote on Anti-Amtrak Amendments TODAY

Passenger Train Hype Machine Gears Up, Yet Again

CALL TO ACTION: Protect High Speed Rail Projects in Texas

Hearing Tomorrow: Tell Your Representatives to Say "NO" to Cuts to Amtrak and Mass Transit!

Britannia Waives the Rules

A Crucial Week for The Southwest Chief in Colorado

Who Will Save The Cascades?

Gulf Coast Service: This Time It Actually Is Different

"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