Amtrak
ameriški prevoznik v medkrajevnem železniškem potniškem prometu
National Railroad Passenger Corporation oziroma Amtrak (akronim za America in Trak) je ameriško železniško podjetje, ki se ukvarja s prevozom potnikov.[1]Podjetje je začelo delovati 1. maja 1971. Amtrak operira z okrog 34000 km železnic, ima okrog 20000 zaposlenih in operira z okrog 300 vlaki vsak dan. Do 1920 so bili vlaki glavni način prevoza med mesti v ZDA. Leta 1929 je bilo v uporabi okrog 65000 potniških vagonov. Kasneje se je število potnikov stalno zmanjševalo, 2014 je Amtrak prepeljal okrog 30,9 milijona potnikov. Gostota prog Amtraka je precej večja na vzhodnem delu ZDA.
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Amtrak operira tudi z edinim hitrim vlakom v ZDA - Acela Express
Glej tudi
urediReference
uredi- ↑ National Railroad Passenger Corporation. »Foreword« (PDF). Annual Report Fiscal Year 2011. National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Pridobljeno 30. julija 2012.
Bibliografija
uredi- Amtrak System Timetable, Fall 2004/Winter 2005
- Predloga:Solomon-Amtrak
- Edmonson, Harold A. (2000). Journey to Amtrak: The year history rode the passenger train. Kalmbach Books. ISBN 978-0-89024-023-6.
- »GAO-06-145 Amtrak Management: Systemic Problems Require Actions to Improve Efficiency, Effectiveness, and Accountability« (PDF). Arhivirano (PDF) iz spletišča dne 25. novembra 2005. Pridobljeno 23. novembra 2005.
- Analysis of the Causes of AMTRAK Train Delays Department of Transportation
- Mike Schafer, Amtrak's atlas, Trains June 1991
- Kevin McKinney, At the dawn of Amtrak, Trains June 1991
- Soloman, Brian (2004). Amtrak (Mbi Railroad Color History). MBI. ISBN 978-0-7603-1765-5.
- Hanus, Chris; Shaske, John (2009). USA West by Train: The Complete Amtrak Travel Guide. Way of the Rail Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9730897-6-9.
- Pitt, John (2008). USA by Rail. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-255-2.
Zunanje povezave
urediOfficial Amtrak web sites
- Uradno spletno mesto
- Amtrak Interactive Route Atlas
- Amtrak's Great American Stations
- Amtrak History of America's Railroad
- Amtrak Ride With Pride
- Amtrak Reports and Documents
- Amtrak on Google Maps
- Amtrak Status Maps Arhivirano 2015-04-02 na Wayback Machine. – maps that show the current location of Amtrak trains
- Photos of every Amtrak station
- Amtrak radio frequencies and information on host railroads
- Historical Archive of Amtrak Train Timetables, 1971–present