Amtrak
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See also: amtrak
English
Etymology
Coined circa 1971; blend of American + track.
Proper noun
Amtrak
- (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.