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The decline in passenger rail service in the U.S. and Canada is charted by this interactive map<\/a>, which uses a slider to compare Amtrak and Via Rail service in 1980 with what it is today. [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The decline in passenger rail service in the U.S. and Canada is charted by this interactive map, which uses a slider to compare Amtrak and Via Rail service in 1980 with what it is today.… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[653,131,40,39,158,1644],"class_list":["post-1835222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-transit","tag-amtrak","tag-canada","tag-railroads","tag-railways","tag-usa","tag-via-rail","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1821671,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/12\/live-north-american-passenger-train-map\/","url_meta":{"origin":1835222,"position":0},"title":"Live North American Passenger Train Map","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"6 December 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"trains.fyi maps the real-time locations of North American passenger trains: Amtrak and Via Rail, plus a few commuter lines, based on their GPS tracking data. 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