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Yes it is a government corporation just like the post office. It was organized on May 1, 1971 after the Rail Passenger Service Act was passed by congress and signed into law by President Nixon in 1970. This act created the National Railroad Passenger Corporation which is a public/private entity supported by taxpayer money which operates Amtrak.

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What is amtrak's relationship to the government?

it is a government corporation.


Who invented Amtrak train?

Amtrak was created in the 1970s because private railroad corporations such as Union Pacific did not want to run their passenger railroad services anymore because they deemed them as not profitable due to compitition by airline and road travel so the government created Amtrak to maintain the passenger rail travel in the U.S. Amtrak is a government owned passenger railroad corporation that maintains passenger rail routes throughout the United States.


What was the purpose of Amtrak?

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Who owns amtrak?

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The postal service and amtrak are examples of?

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Are railroad workers federal employees?

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Why does Amtrak needs to be government owned?

In brief: Amtrak is government owned because otherwise there likely would no longer be any long-distance passenger rail service in the US. It receives a hefty government subsidy each year to operate and would have long ago gone bankrupt without it. Even with the subsidy, the lowest fares on Amtrak between any two given cities are often not dramatically better than the lowest 21-day advance airfare. Coupled with the significantly longer travel time and the (usually) less frequent departures, the wasted time often overwhelms the relatively modest cost savings.


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