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The New York Times reported in August 2022 that Gardner had received more than $766,000 in bonuses from Amtrak since 2016. [ 10 ] Gardner testified to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on June 6, 2023 that Amtrak was at least five years from profitability, both because of the COVID-19 pandemic and because it was pursuing ...
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak (/ ˈ æ m t r æ k /; reporting marks AMTK, AMTZ), is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. states and three Canadian provinces. Amtrak is a portmanteau of the words America and track.
Amtrak operates a fleet of 2,142 railway cars and 425 locomotives for revenue runs and service, collectively called rolling stock.Notable examples include the GE Genesis and Siemens Charger diesel locomotives, the Siemens ACS-64 electric locomotive, the Amfleet series of single-level passenger cars, the Superliner series of double-decker passenger cars, and 20 Acela Express high-speed trainsets.
The leadership change comes as Amtrak's repair program at Penn Station in New York City is expected to cause major service disruptions this summer. Amtrak names former Delta executive as next CEO ...
The Horizon is a type of single-level intercity railroad passenger car used by Amtrak, the national rail passenger carrier in the United States.Amtrak ordered the cars to supplement their existing fleet of Amfleet I single-level cars used on shorter distance corridor trains.
Amtrak said Monday it had tapped Atlas Air's chief executive to run the money-losing U.S. passenger railroad that has seen record traffic. William J. Flynn will take over as president and chief ...
Amtrak Thruway is a system of through-ticketed transportation services to connect passengers with areas not served by Amtrak trains. In most cases these are dedicated motorcoach routes, but can also be non-dedicated intercity bus services , transit buses , vans, taxis , ferry boats and commuter rail trains.
The route would run almost 1,600 miles and take about 32 hours to travel end-to-end. ... of a new Amtrak route is not dependent on the Iowa Department of Transportation's agreement, the agency is ...