In the United States, a regional railroad is a railroad company that is not Class I, but still has a substantial amount of traffic or trackage (and is thus not a short line). The Association of American Railroads (AAR) has defined the lower bound as 350 miles (560 km) of track or $40 million in annual operating revenue.[1] (The Class I threshold is $250 million, adjusted for inflation since 1991.[2])
List of regional railroads
The following railroads were classified as regional by the AAR in 2007.[3]
References
- ↑ Association of American Railroads, Overview of America's Freight Railroads, May 2008
- ↑ Surface Transportation Board, FAQs, accessed October 2008
- ↑ Association of American Railroads, About the Industry: Railroads and States, accessed May 2009
See also
- Regional Railroad of the Year
- Regional rail, Regionalbahn — terms for intercity passenger services with more stops than an express service
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