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[2] https://www.businessinsider.com/amtrak-why-so-expensive-america-train-system-2019-3?r=US&IR=T
[3] https://www.bts.gov/content/am....trak-time-performanc
[4] https://www.amtrak.com/content..../dam/projects/dotcom
[5] https://www.bloomberg.com/news..../features/2019-11-20
[6] https://thepointsguy.com/news/....amtrak-plans-to-expa
[7] https://transportation.house.g....ov/imo/media/doc/And
[8] https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/lo....cal/Texas-High-Speed
[9] https://www.forbes.com/sites/m....ichaelgoldstein/2019
[10] http://trn.trains.com/bonus/amtrak
[11] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Cold_wave_of_January
[12] https://www.amtrak.com/content..../dam/projects/dotcom