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Associations of Railroad Passengers Info and Address List

Associations of Railroad Passengers Info and News

On Track On Line Leader Kevin Korell is a member of many Associations of Rail Passengers (ARPs) from all over the United States. See our Passenger Associations Forum for recent newsletter summaries he has posted.

State Associations of Railroad Passengers

Following are the US Mail addresses for various local and regional rail passenger associations around the USA. Where applicable, the e-mail addresses and web links are included. The listing is alphabetically by state.

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Updated: March 20, 2007

State	Organization Address-Phone	E-mail	Comments
ALABAMA	Rail Passenger Association of Alabama PO Box 850 Huntsville, AL, 35804	RPAA	POC: Jim Norton
ALASKA	none
ARIZONA	Arizona Rail Passenger Association 6850 Main Street Scottsdale, AZ, 85251	Bill Lindley	Executive Director: Judy Eisenhower
	Friends of Transit 240 West Osborn Street, Suite 232 Phoenix, AZ, 85013	Friends of Transit
	Arizona Transit Association PO Box 192 Phoenix, AZ, 85001 Phone: (602) 255-0610	ATA	President: Jeff Meilbeck Executive Director: Jim Shipman
ARKANSAS	Arkansas Association of Railroad Passengers c/o Bill Pollard 2301 Washington Avenue Conway, AR, 72032	Bill Pollard William H. Eldridge
CALIFOR- NIA	Train Riders Association of California (TRAC) 1008 Tenth Street #276 Sacramento, CA, 95814-3502 Phone: 916-557-1667 Fax: 916-448-1789	Business and questions Submission of news items	President: Richard Tolmach Administrative Director: Alan C. Miller
	Railroad Passenger Association of California (RAILPAC) 1169 Market Street - #142 San Francisco, CA, 94103 Phone: 888-508-2640	Ric Silver
	Friends of Metrolink and the Coasters (An arm of RAILPAC) PO Box 81616 San Diego, CA, 92138
	Southern California Transit Advocates (L.A. area) 3010 Wilshire Blvd #362 Los Angeles, CA, 90010 Telephone: 213-388-2364	SOCATA
	BayRail Alliance 3921 East Bay Shore Palo Alto, CA, 94303 Telephone: 650-417-2571	BayRail Alliance	Executive Director: Margaret Okuzumi Formerly known as Peninsula Rail 2000
	Friends of Caltrain 824 Winslow Street- #214 Redwood City, CA, 94063	Ric Silver	Richard L. Silver, VP
	Santa Clara VTA Riders Union P.O. Box 390069 Mountain View, CA 94039-0069	Eugene Bradley, Founder
	ACE Rider	webmaster@acerider.org	E-mail list
	Rail Advocates of Orange County PO BOX 813 Fullerton CA 92836 Telephone: 1-866-476-2282	RAOC	A project of Transit Advocates of Orange County (TAOC)
	Friends of the Metro Red Line THE TRANSIT COALITION -- A 501[c](3) project of SEE 12463 Telfair Avenue, Sylmar CA 91342-3736 (818) 367-1661 * FAX (818) 362-7997	Transit Coalition	Discussion board
COLORADO	ColoRail PO Box 480452 Terminal Annex Denver, CO, 80248 (303) 561-3805	Secretary: Don Zielesch	President: John Esty
CONNECTI- CUT (no NARP affiliates)	Shore Line East Rider's Association PO Box 51 Madison, CT, 06443	SLERA	Leighton Carlson, President
	Metro North/Shore Line East Rail Commuter Council PO Box 15125 Park Square Station Stamford, CT, 06904	MN-SLERCC
DELAWARE	Delmarva Rail Passenger Association (DRPA) PO Box 11102 Wilmington, DE, 19850-1102	Membership Chair: John Flaherty	President: Tom Posatko Also serves Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia. Also, see Pennsylvania listing for DVARP and Virginia listing for VARP.
FLORIDA	Florida Coalition of Rail Passengers (FCRP) c/o John Thomas, Treasurer PO Box 5712 Deltona, FL, 32728		President: Jackson McQuigg
GEORGIA	Georgia Association of Railroad Passengers (GARP) PO Box 851 Decatur, GA, 30031	GARP	President: Steve Vogel Membership: Diane Dexter
	Citizens for Progressive Transit PO Box 93935 Atlanta, GA 30377	CPT Info	President: Chris Wyczalkowski
HAWAII	none
IDAHO	InterRail East 311 26th Ave Spokane, WA 99203 (509) 456-7157 and 1620 E. Pioneer Draper, UT 84020	InterRail	Also serves Montana, Utah, and Wyoming
ILLINOIS	Illinois Association of Railroad Passengers		Merging with the Midwest High Speed Rail Association
	Citizens For Modern Transit 911 Washington Street - Suite 200 St. Louis, MO, 63101 Telephone: 314-231-7272	CMT-STL	Executive Director: Thomas R. Shrout, Jr.
INDIANA	Kentucky-Indiana Rail Advocates PO Box 17091 Lousville, KY, 40217
IOWA	Iowa Association of Railroad Passengers 3349 Southgate Court SW - #108 Cedar Rapids, IA, 52404	Pat Hendricks
KANSAS	None
KENTUCKY	Kentucky-Indiana Rail Advocates PO Box 17091 Lousville, KY, 40217
LOUISIANA	Louisiana Association of Railroad Passengers (LARP) PO Box 6231 New Orleans, LA, 70174-6231	John Sita, Jr
MAINE	Train Riders Northeast c/o Wayne Davis PO Box 4869 - Downtown Station Portland, ME, 04112	Wayne Davis	Also serves parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire
MARYLAND	See DRPA in Delaware
MASSACHU- SETTS	Train Riders Northeast c/o Wayne Davis PO Box 4869 - Downtown Station Portland, ME, 04112	Wayne Davis	Also serves Maine and New Hampshire
	Association for Public Transportation P.O. Box 51029 Boston, MA, 02205-1029 Phone: (617) 482-0282	APT	President: Fred R. Moore
	Mystic Valley Railway Society PO Box 365486 Hyde Park, MA, 02136-0009	MVRS
	Charles River Rail Association PO Box 522 Millis, MA, 02054	CRRA	Frank LaPrise, President
MICHIGAN	Michigan Association of Railroad Passengers (MARP) PO Box 52148 Livonia, MI, 48152-0148 Membership address: PO Box 532 Marquette, MI, 49855-0532	MARP	John DeLora, Executive Director
	Transportation Riders United (TRU) 1150 Griswold Suite 2800 Detroit, Michigan 48226 Telephone: 313-963-8872 Fax: 313-963-8876	Megan Owens, Executive Director	Mike Whims, Operations Director
	Save Our Trains Michigan	Matt Marderosian
MIDWEST	Midwestern Coalition for High Speed Rail The Council of State Governments 641 East Butterfield Road - Suite 401 Lombard, IL, 60148	Laura Kliewer Foster Policy Analyst	A cooperative effort of 9 Midwestern states for a network of high speed rail services radiating out of Chicago
	Midwest High Speed Rail Association P.O. Box 805877 Chicago, IL 60680 Ph: 773-334-6758	MHSRC	Membership-based non-profit organization promoting intercity passenger rail service in nine Midwestern states. Executive Director: Richard Harnish
MINNESOTA	Minnesota Association of Railroad Passengers (MINN-ARP) c/o Andrew Selden PO Box 580375 Minneapolis, MN, 55458-0375		Note: NOT a NARP affiliate.
MISSISS- IPPI	none
MISSOURI	Citizens For Modern Transit 911 Washington Street - Suite 200 St. Louis, MO, 63101 Telephone: 314-231-7272	CMT-STL	Executive Director: Thomas R. Shrout, Jr.
	Missourians for Rail Passenger Service PO Box 581 Springfield, MO 65801 Telephone: 417-832-8458	MRPS	POC: Steven L. Reed
MONTANA	InterRail East 311 26th Ave Spokane, WA 99203 (509) 456-7157 and 1620 E. Pioneer Draper, UT 84020	InterRail	Also serves Idaho, Utah, and Wyoming
	Montana-Wyoming Association of Railroad Passengers 2110 Wingate Lane Billings, MT, 59102	President: Jim Green	See also Wyoming
	Save Amtrak	Gerald M. (Jerry) Smith
NEBRASKA	Pro-Rail Nebraska (PRN) c/o Dan Lutz 3915 Apple Street Lincoln, NE, 68503-2133	Dan Lutz Joe Kelly
NEVADA	none
NEW HAMPSHIRE	Train Riders Northeast c/o Wayne Davis PO Box 4869 - Downtown Station Portland, ME, 04112	Wayne Davis	Also serves Maine and parts of Massachusetts
NEW JERSEY	New Jersey Association of Railroad Passengers (NJARP) PO Box 68 Chatham, NJ 07928-0068 (201) 963-8979	NJARP	President: Doug Bowen. See also Pennsylvania listing for DVARP
	Central Jersey Rail Coalition c/o Daniel Green, Secretary 6 Teri Court Jackson, NJ, 08527	CJRC	Pushing passenger rail service in Ocean, Monmouth, and Middlesex Counties
NEW MEXICO	New Mexico Rail Passenger Alliance 416 Columbia Drive, SE Albuquerque, NM, 87106 (505) 256 1029	NMRPA NMRPA	Jon Messier, President
NEW YORK	Empire State Passengers Association (ESPA) PO Box 434 Syracuse, NY, 13209	President: Bruce Becker Communications Editor: Robert Lenz	Membership address: ESPA 10531 Main Street Clarence, NY, 14031
	Committee For Better Transit (CBT) PO Box 3106 Long Island City, NY, 11103		Serves NY Metro area, including Northern NJ
	Rochester Rail Transit Committee 104 Rugby Avenue Rochester, NY, 14619	RRTC
	Citizens Regional Transportation Corporation (CRTC) P.O. Box 1186 Buffalo, NY, 14231-1186 (716) 634-2412	CRTC	Chairmain: E. Edward Deutschman
NORTH CAROLINA	Carolinas Association for Passenger Trains (CAPT) c/o Gene Kirkland, Treasurer 2108 Bellaire Avenue Raleigh, NC, 27608-1806		President: Martin Wheeler, Jr. Also serves South Carolina
	Citizens for Efficient Mass Transit (CEMT) 3300 Providence Plantation Lane Charlotte, NC, 28270
NORTH DAKOTA	none
OHIO	All Aboard Ohio 309 South 4th Street Suite 304 Columbus, Ohio 43215 (614) 882-1716		President: Bill Hutchinson
OKLAHOMA	Oklahoma Passenger Rail Association (OPRA) PO Box 60266 Oklahoma City OK 73146 (580) 234-0440	Point of contact: Matthew Dowty	President: Roger Carter
	Passenger Rail Oklahoma 2901 Fox Ledge Drive Stillwater, OK 73074 (405) 366-8957	Executive Director: Evan Stair
OREGON	Association of Oregon Rail and Transit Advocates (AORTA) 812 SW Washington Street-#660 Portland, OR, 97208 or P.O. Box 2772 Portland, OR, 97208-2772	AORTA	President: Dave Jannuzzi Also, see Washington for Northwest High-Speed Rail Advocates
	Citizens For Better Transit 6110 SE Ankeny Street Portland, OR, 97215
PENNSYL- VANIA	Delaware Valley Association of Railroad Passengers (DVARP) PO Box 7505 Philadelphia, PA, 19101-7505	President: Don Nigro DVARP	Also covers Southern NJ and Northern DE
	Friends of Philadelphia Trolleys (FPT) PO Box 33397 Philadelphia, PA, 19142-0397	Contact: Bill Monaghan
	Keystone Association of Railroad Passengers (KARP) PO Box 3141 Scranton, PA, 18505-0141	President: Paul R. Hart
RHODE ISLAND	Rhode Island Association of Railroad Passengers (RIARP) c/o Everett Stuart PO Box 8645 Warwick RI 02888		Memberships: Liz Cameron PO Box 6423 Providence RI 02940
SOUTH CAROLINA	Carolinas Association for Passenger Trains (CAPT) c/o Gene Kirkland, Treasurer 2108 Bellaire Avenue Raleigh, NC, 27608-1806		President: Martin Wheeler, Jr. Also serves North Carolina
SOUTH DAKOTA	none
TENNESSEE	Tennessee Association of Railroad Passengers (TARP) 110 Harding Place Nashville, TN, 37205	TARP	President: Gordon Smith
TEXAS	Texas Association of Rail Passengers 2205 Marvin Gardens Arlington, TX 76011 (817) 792-3833	Contact: Ray Dunbar	President: Patrick Henry News and info
	Texas Rail Advocates 800 Jaguar Lane Dallas, TX, 75226	Memberships: Taylor Sharpe	Executive Director: Paul Mangelsdorf
	Mobility Dallas PO Box 460609 Garland, TX, 75046-0609 Phone: 972-278-4045 (res)	Dr. M.D. Monaghan	Contacts: Dr. M.D. Monaghan John E. Weeks
	Rail Austin c/o William Bozeman, Chair PO Box 82206 Austin, TX, 78708-2206	William Bozeman	LRT in Austin & Commuter rail AUD-SAS
UTAH	InterRail 1620 E. Pioneer Draper, UT 84020 and East 311 26th Ave Spokane, WA 99203 (509) 456-7157	InterRail	Also serves Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming
VERMONT	none
VIRGINIA	Virginia Association of Railway Patrons (VARP) PO Box 867 Richmond, VA, 23218	Michael Testerman	Also serves West Virginia; see also DRPA in Delaware
	Virginians for High Speed Rail (VHSR) 5101 Monument Avenue Richmond, VA, 23230 Phone (804) 864-5193 Fax (804) 864-5194	Willard Andrews, Executive Director
	The Committee to Advance the TransDominion Express (TDX) P.O. Box 2027 Lynchburg, VA, 24501 Phone (434) 845-5966		Chairman: Charles O. Warren, Ph.D.
WASHING- TON	Washington Association of Railroad Passengers (WashARP) 2516 Thurston Avenue NE Olympia, WA, 98506 or PO Box 70381 Seattle, WA, 98107	WashARP Warren Yee	Lloyd Flem, Executive Director Warren Yee, Media Relations
	Northwest High-Speed Rail Advocates (NWHSRA) no regular address given		Steve Chase
WEST VIRGINIA	See Virginia ARP listing
WISCONSIN	Wisconsin Association of Railroad Passengers (WIS-ARP) 5 North Whitney Way Madison, WI, 53705	President: John Parkyn WisARP	Membership: Andrew Sihler
	ProRail (Madison area)		Branch of Wis-ARP
	MetroRail (Milwaukee area)		Branch of Wis-ARP
	NewRail (Northeast Wisconsin)		Branch of Wis-ARP
	KenRail (Kenosha-Racine area)		Branch of Wis-ARP
WYOMING	InterRail East 311 26th Ave Spokane, WA 99203 (509) 456-7157 and 1620 E. Pioneer Draper, UT 84020	InterRail	Also serves Idaho, Montana, and Utah
	Montana-Wyoming Association of Railroad Passengers 2110 Wingate Lane Billings, MT, 59102	President: Jim Green	See also Montana

National Rail Passenger Advocacy Organizations

The following are US Mail addresses for some national organizations dedicated to advocating and preserving rail service. Where applicable, the e-mail addresses and Website URL's have been included.

Organization Address	E-mail	Comments
American Public Transit Association 1201 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC, 20005
Association for Commuter Transportation 1518 K Street NW - #503 Washington, DC, 20005	ACT
Association of American Railroads 50 F Street NW Washington, DC, 20001
Association of Interested Rail Passengers 725 West Sixth Street McGrogor, TX, 76657-2054
Association of Rail Travel in the US Phone: (847) 769-1099 or: (847) 433-0731	ART-US	Harris M. Cohen, President
FastTrax 6646 East Lovers Lane - #1506 Dallas, TX, 75214-1687
Friends of Amtrak (online only)	FoA
High Speed Rail/MAGLEV Association 4900 Leesburg Pike - Suite #305 Alexandria, VA, 22302
Midwestern Coalition for High Speed Rail Development 641 E. Butterfield Rd - Ste 401 Lombard, IL, 60148-0565	MCHSRD
Modern Transit Society PO Box 16362 Sacramento, CA, 98516
National Association Of Railroad Passengers (NARP) 900 Second Street NE - Suite 308 Washington, DC, 20002-3557	NARP	Alan M. Yorker, President, Ross Capon, Executive Director
National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) PO Box 58153 Philadelphia, PA, 19102-8153	Services NRHS	Over 160 local chapters nationwide. The national office can provide the location of the chapter nearest to your hometown.
Operation Lifesaver 1420 King Street - #401 Alexandria, VA, 22314	OpLife
Rail Passenger Car Alliance PO Box 18322 BWI Airport, MD, 21240	RPCA Alt RPCA
States for Passenger Rail Coalition c/o WisDOT Office of Public Affairs PO Box 7910 Madison, WI 53707 Telephone: (608) 266-3581	SPRC	Chair: David King, Deputy Secretary, North Carolina DOT Membership is available to state departments or agencies that oversee the official transportation responsibilities for a state or territory. As of 3/1/02, 22 states are members.
Tourist Railway Association PO Box 460537 Aurora, CO, 80046-0537
United Rail Passenger Alliance (URPA) 4323 Herschel Street Jacksonville, FL, 32210		President: Bruce Richardson

Non-U.S. Rail Passenger Advocacy Organizations

The following are mail addresses for some non-U.S. organizations dedicated to advocating and preserving rail service. Where applicable, the e-mail addresses and Website URL's have been included.

Organization Address	E-mail	Comments
Action for Public Transport PO Box K606 Haymarket 2000 AUSTRALIA	APT
Transport 2000 Canada PO Box 858 - Station B 22 Metcalfe Street Ottawa, ON, K1P 5P9 CANADA
Transport 2000 Alberta 25 Grosvenor Blvd. St. Albert, AB, T8N 1P3 CANADA
Transport 2000 Atlantic 40 Lorne Avenue Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 3E7 CANADA
Transport 2000 British Columbia Vancouver, BC CANADA	T2KBC
Transport 2000 Ontario PO Box 6418 - Station A Toronto, ON, M5W 1X3 CANADA	T2KO Alt T2KO Alt T2KO Alt T2KO
Transport 2000 Quebec 2520 Lionel Groulx Montreal, PQ, H3J 1J8 CANADA
Transport 2000 United Kingdom Walkden House 10 Melton Street London NW1 2EJ UNITED KINGDOM