Passenger Rail Advocacy
& Education Organizations

The survival of Amtrak and the future of rail travel in America may be set by decisions made in federal, state, regional and local governments this year.

Featured Organizations:
Rail Passengers Association (RPA, formerly NARP)
Southwest Rail Passengers Association (SWRAIL)
American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF)
Vermont Rail Action Network

These organizations are involved in rail advocacy or in educating the public and our governmental representatives about passenger rail travel.


• All Aboard - USA - Internet oalition of America's Pro-rail Advocates
• American Passenger Rail Heritage Foundation (APRHF)
• Amtrak Historical Society
• Arizona ARP
• Arkansas Rail - The Arkansas Association of Railroad Passengers
• Association of Oregon Rail & Transit Advocates (AORTA)
• Bay Rail Alliance
• California Rail News
• Connecticut Rail Commuter Council
• DVARP - Delaware Valley Association of Rail Passengers
• Empire State Passengers Association (ESPA)
• Friends of Amtrak
• Great American Station Foundation
• KenRail Wisconsin
• Midwest High Speed Rail Association
• MTS - Modern Transit Society
• National Corridors Initiative (NCI, Inc.)
• Passenger Train Historical Society (PTHS)
• ProRail Wisconsin
• RailPAC - Railroad Passenger Association of California
• Rail Passengers Association (RPA, formerly NARP)
• Reconnecting America
• Southwest Rail Passengers Association (SWRAIL)
• TRAC - Train Riders Association of California
• URPA - United Rail Passenger Alliance, Inc.
• Vermont Rail Action Network
• Washington Association of Rail Passengers (WashARP)
• Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers (WisARP)

Other sites of interest to rail advocates:

• Amtrak and Energy Conservation in Intercity Passenger Transportation
• Proposed Railroad Abandonments
• Northstar Corridor (Proposed Minneapolis Commuter Rail)

Articles In Support Of Passenger Rail

This section was started on June 15, 2002, so you wont find much here yet. As I run across articles and arguments in favor of passenger rail, I will post links to them here.

• The Railroading of Amtrak: Trains, planes and automobiles held to different standards
• Conservative icon William F. Buckley, Jr. says "Yes to the Railroads!"
• The need for a National, Subsidized, Passenger Rail System in the US
• A Dark Day for Long Distance Trains

Additional Passenger Rail Advocacy Organizations can be found at:
RailAdvocacy.com