Is Amtrak considered a federal job?

Amtrak OIG is a designated federal entity. As such, positions on our team are not government positions. We do offer a competitive benefit package and work hard to ensure our employees achieve a great work-life balance.



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Amtrak was founded in 1971 as a state-owned enterprise when the federal government stepped in to save an American rail industry that had been pushed to the brink of collapse by a host of macroeconomic forces.

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Network Rail, which runs railway infrastructure in England, Scotland, and Wales, is publicly owned. However, trains and most smaller stations are split into franchises run by different companies.

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Network Rail, which runs railway infrastructure in England, Scotland, and Wales, is publicly owned. However, trains and most smaller stations are split into franchises run by different companies.

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Amtrak, a passenger railroad company, is also considered a Class I. Class Is account for roughly 67 percent of freight rail mileage and 94 percent of revenue.

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The sole long-distance intercity passenger railroad in the continental U.S. is Amtrak, and multiple current commuter rail systems provide regional intercity services such as New York-New Haven, and Stockton-San Jose. In Alaska, intercity service is provided by Alaska Railroad instead of Amtrak.

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Congress approved $66 billion for rail as part of the 2021 massive infrastructure bill, with Amtrak receiving $22 billion.

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U.S. railways are privately owned and operated, though the Consolidated Rail Corporation was established by the federal government and Amtrak uses public funds to subsidize privately owned intercity passenger trains.

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401(k)/Retirement Our 401(k) plan has a 7% employer match and provides you with a variety of investment options to help you save for retirement. Additionally, railroad employees receive retirement benefits through the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) after 5 years of service.

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This is an interactive map of the major freight railroads, also known as class I railroads in the United States. They include CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Burlington Northern and Santa Fe (BNSF), Union Pacific (UP), Canadian Pacific (CP), Canadian National Railway (CN), and the Kansas City Southern (KCS).

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What is the biggest Class I Railroad?
  • BNSF Railway – $25.9 Billion Revenue, 32,500 route miles, 35,000 employees.
  • Union Pacific Railroad – $24.9 Billion Revenue, 32,100 route miles, 32,100 employees.
  • CSX Transportation – $14.9 Billion Revenue, 20,000 route miles, 25,000 employees.


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Seven UK railways are operated or partly-operated by Dutch state railway Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), including Merseyrail, Scotrail and the West Midlands Railway. Seven railways are operated fully or partly by French state railway SNCF, including Transport for Wales and the Thameslink.

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Network Rail owns, operates and develops Britain's railway infrastructure. That's 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts and the thousands of signals, level crossings and stations.

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The reasons for this are varied: from the privatisation of the rail industry to the rising cost of infrastructure. The UK does not have fixed rates like other European countries such as France, which can result in flight tickets being cheaper than a regional train journey in the UK.

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While rail workers have had their pay frozen in the same period, DfT data shows that the private train operators made £310 million in taxpayer-funded profits between March 2020 and September 2022.

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