the public company, set up by Congress in 1970, which runs trains for passengers in the US. Its formal name is the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. Only 1% of Americans using public transport travel by Amtrak. It has lost money every year and most of the network now has only one train a day.
AMTRAK
Meaning of AMTRAK in English
Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary. Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь. 2005