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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.
Amtrak operira tudi z edinim hitrim vlakom v ZDA - Acela Express
Glej tudi[uredi | uredi kodo]
Reference[uredi | uredi kodo]
- ↑ National Railroad Passenger Corporation. »Foreword« (PDF). Annual Report Fiscal Year 2011. National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Pridobljeno 30. julija 2012.
Bibliografija[uredi | uredi kodo]
- 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[uredi | uredi kodo]
Wikimedijina zbirka ponuja več predstavnostnega gradiva o temi: Amtrak.
Official 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
