More private companies are investing in passenger rail

Passenger rail needs a public subsidy to work, experts say. And there's a new opportunity to get that funding.

Rail News - FRA awards $8.2B for passenger-rail projects, selects 69 corridors for future service planning. For Railroad Career Professionals

Amtrak expansion: Battle will determine future of U.S. passenger rail - The Washington Post

A passenger rail startup says it wants to take over Amtrak's Northeast Corridor service

Can Private Intercity Passenger Rail Return to America?

North Carolina Rail Car Factory - Center for American Progress

More private companies are investing in passenger rail

Siemens, Alstom Fight for Slice of U.S. High-Speed Train Line - WSJ

Private Sector Participation in Intercity Rail Service – The Transport Politic

Traveling Across the United States the Old-Fashioned Way - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

The Decline of the American Passenger Railroad - Northeast Maglev

U.S. spends $600 million on rail projects that benefit private companies – The Mercury News

Transportation For America Rail barons return: How two freight railroads are trying to derail the infrastructure law's historic investment in passenger rail - Transportation For America