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Ground Transport

Where Americans Ride Amtrak for Work and Play

Samantha Shankman

Photo Credit: Amtrak's eastbound Empire Builder crosses the trestle over Two Medicine River in Montana. Flickr / Loco Steve

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Although many Americans would scoff at the idea of taking a train instead of a plane on vacation, rail travel is making a comeback both for its views and the unique experience it provides travelers. Amtrak might now make its name as the digital detox of transportation.

Amtrak's business and leisure ridership is split along the coasts with business travelers boosting the Northeast Corridor's passengers to its second highest levels in 2013 and vacation-goers opting for long distance routes out west. Amtrak had a record year for ridership in 2013 with 31.6 million passengers boarding trains across the country. More than a third of those pas

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