The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (reporting mark AMTK), is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States.(国家铁路客运公司是政府所有的公司,以Amtrak名称从事营运,简称AMTK,1971年5月1日组建,向乘客提供美国全国城市间的交通服务。)
All of Amtrak's preferred stock is owned by the U.S. federal government. The members of its board of directors are appointed by the President of the United States and are subject to confirmation by the United States Senate.(Amtrak的全部股权归美国联邦政府所有。其董事会全部成员均由美国总统任命,而且必须经过美国参议院批准。)(注:比中国任命铁道部部长副部长还严格嘛!作者:
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It operates passenger service on 21,000 miles (34,000 km) of track primarily owned by freight railroads connecting 500 destinations in 46 states and three Canadian provinces. In fiscal year 2008, Amtrak served 28.7 million passengers, representing six straight years of record ridership. (Amtrak通过连接美国46个州和加拿大三个省的500个站点、长达两万一千英里[三万四千公里]的铁路网提供客运服务。Amtrak客运量连续六年创记录,在2008财政年度达2亿8千7百万人次。)