Amtrak
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2.8
- proper noun
- /ˈæmtræk/
- US
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Amtrak
- Amtrak train number 36, the Desert Wind eastbound... ...now boarding, track number three.
- Amtrak trains
- Amtrak service
Don't carry a coffee down the aisle of a moving Acela Amtrak train.
- Don't carry a coffee down the aisle of a moving Acela Amtrak train.
- What are the implications of either fully automated or semi autonomous transportation vehicles or options for things like passenger rail and Amtrak?
- They had a train hit another train and Amtrak.
Examples
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Amtrak 211 for Chicago boarding in 10 minutes at gate three.
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'Passenger Thomas Ling, arriving on Amtrak 708, 'please come to passenger services.'
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This will be the last call for Amtrak train number 14.
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So I want to take Amtrak out of Union Station.
Fiction book (1995) -
Attention, all passengers traveling on Amtrak train number 3-9.
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Amtrak connection from New York now arriving on Track "G."
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By train: direct Amtrak service from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C.
Academic text (1995) -
Two weeks later, we were on an Amtrak train to Savannah.
Blog text (1) -
Boarding call for Amtrak Acela Express train 2150 to Boston with no intermediate stops.
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This will be the last call for Amtrak train number 14.
Synonyms
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1.0
A company that runs trains to carry people or goods
2
2.7
A company that runs trains to carry people or goods
Surface Forms
Etymology
Amtrak was made by joining the parts Am meaning 'America' and trak meaning 'track'. The name points to trains on America's tracks, which is why Amtrak is the company that runs intercity passenger trains across the United States.