Amtrak

See also: amtrak

English

Etymology

Coined circa 1971; blend of American +‎ track.

Proper noun

Amtrak

1. (US, rail transport) A US passenger railway (incorporated as the National Railroad Passenger Corporation).
   • 1969, School Mathematics Study Group, Studies in mathematics, volumes 19-20, page 8:

     Trains are fuller under Amtrak, but it is thought to be largely because there are fewer trains.

   • 1971, “Give the trains a chance”, in Life, page 42:

     Its pitifully small appropriation of $40 million already gone, Amtrak has asked Congress for another $170 million to keep the trains running through mid-1973.

   • 1999, Bernd Schmitt, Experiential marketing, page 39:

     The Amtrak brand revitalization approach represents one of the most ambitious, comprehensive, and systematic experiential marketing approaches I have ever seen.

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