Last year , amtrak set all-time ridership records .
去年，美国铁路公司创下了乘客数量的历史记录。
A cheap ticket with aer lingus took me to boston , followed by amtrak south .
一张廉价的爱尔兰航空机票把我送到了波士顿，然后我乘美国铁路公司的火车南行。
Last september , for the first time since 1997 , congress approved an amtrak authorization bill that could nearly double it .
去年9月，国会自1997年以来首次批准了有关美国铁路公司的议案，使联邦补贴几乎增加了一倍。
Seventy percent of amtrak 's service - basically everywhere but in the northeast - operates on freight railroad tracks , where inefficiencies cause frequent delays .
美国铁路公司百分之七十的服务除了美国东北部以外是在货运铁道上运行的，低效而经常延误。
The schools , the highways , the post office ; amtrak , fema , nasa and the t. s. a. - not to mention the banks , the newspapers , the health care system , and above all , congress : nothing seems to function anymore , except the armed forces .
