The New Jersey Legislature passed the New Jersey Public Transportation Act of 1979 in July 1970, creating NJ Transit to “acquire, operate and contract for transportation service in the public interest.”
Amtrak rolled out the NextGen Acela, a fleet of high-speed trains operating along the Northeast Corridor between Washington, D.C., New York, and Boston, starting in 2025.
The Otago Central Railway, also known as the Otago Central Branch Railway and now referred to as the Taieri Gorge Railway, was a secondary railway line in Central Otago, located on the South Island of New Zealand.
The Pacific Railroad Act of 1862 was a Congressional act promoting the construction of a transcontinental railroad. It authorized government bonds and land grants to railroads.
