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Clock Starts On New UPNS Application

Airo Unveiled at DC Union Station

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Capitol Hill Roundup: Feb. 6th Edition

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Eno Is Right About IIJA

Thaw Gateway Funding Now

Analysis of FY 2026 THUD Rail Funding and Provisions

Fiscal 2026 Rail Money Bill: Could Be Much Worse [UPDATE]

"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