passenger rail
noun
: trains that take passengers rather than cargo
passenger rail service between the two cities
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The Orange County Transportation Authority, which owns the track through San Clemente, worked with Metrolink, which operates regional passenger rail service, to build a 200-foot-long wall at Mariposa Point to shore up the hillside.
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Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Lawmakers are racing to beat fast-approaching government shutdown deadlines in March, but deep policy divisions may slow them down on everything from passenger rail funding to Internal Revenue Service resources to support for the World Health Organization.
—Jacob Bogage The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2024
Officials hope to resume passenger rail service by early April after the wall is built and any necessary track repairs — stemming from damage during construction — are completed.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Then in 2013, the Orange County Transportation Authority was chosen to oversee intercity passenger rail service.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The study proposed eight potential locations for Madison's future passenger rail station.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024
Las Vegas — President Biden on Friday is announcing $8.2 billion in new funding for 10 passenger rail projects nationwide, representing the largest federal investment in passenger rail transportation since Amtrak was created in 1971.
—Bo Erickson, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
Through the federal infrastructure law Biden signed in November 2021, tens of billions of dollars were available to expand the nation’s passenger rail system.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
The president had been scheduled to speak in Las Vegas about $8.2 billion in new funding for 10 passenger rail projects across the country, including $3 billion toward a high-speed rail line from Las Vegas to San Bernardino County, in California.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
Lawmakers are racing to beat fast-approaching government shutdown deadlines in March, but deep policy divisions may slow them down on everything from passenger rail funding to Internal Revenue Service resources to support for the World Health Organization.
—Jacob Bogage The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 12 Feb. 2024
Officials hope to resume passenger rail service by early April after the wall is built and any necessary track repairs — stemming from damage during construction — are completed.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Then in 2013, the Orange County Transportation Authority was chosen to oversee intercity passenger rail service.
—Hanna Kang, Orange County Register, 25 Feb. 2024
The study proposed eight potential locations for Madison's future passenger rail station.
—Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 29 Jan. 2024
Las Vegas — President Biden on Friday is announcing $8.2 billion in new funding for 10 passenger rail projects nationwide, representing the largest federal investment in passenger rail transportation since Amtrak was created in 1971.
—Bo Erickson, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
Through the federal infrastructure law Biden signed in November 2021, tens of billions of dollars were available to expand the nation’s passenger rail system.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 6 Feb. 2024
The president had been scheduled to speak in Las Vegas about $8.2 billion in new funding for 10 passenger rail projects across the country, including $3 billion toward a high-speed rail line from Las Vegas to San Bernardino County, in California.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2023
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“Passenger rail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/passenger%20rail. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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