National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)

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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK)

60 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002

Phone, 202-906-3000. Internet, www.amtrak.com.

Board of Directors:

Chairman Donna McLean

Members Mary E. Peters

(Secretary of Transportation)

, R. Hunter Biden, Tom Carper, Nancy Naples, (2 vacancies)

Officers:

President and Chief Executive Officer Alex Kummant

Chief Financial Officer William H. Campbell

Vice President, Labor Relations Joseph M. Bress

Chief Operating Officer William L. Crosbie

Vice President, Human Resources and Diversity Lorraine A. Green

Initiatives

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Anne Witt

Business Development

Vice President, Government Affairs and Corporate Joseph H. McHugh

Communications

Vice President, Marketing and Product Management Emmett Fremaux

General Counsel and Corporate Secretary Eleanor D. Acheson

Vice President, Security, Strategy and Special William Rooney

Operations

Chief Information Officer Ed Trainor

Inspector General Fred E. Weiderhold

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The National Railroad Passenger Corporation was established by Congress to meet the Nation's intercity passenger transportation needs.

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) was created by the Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, as amended (49 U.S.C. 241), and was incorporated under the laws of the District of Columbia to provide a balanced national transportation system by developing, operating, and improving U.S. intercity rail passenger service.

Amtrak operates approximately 300 trains per day, serving over 500 stations in 46 States, over a system of 21,800 route miles. Of this route system, Amtrak owns about 530 route miles in the Northeast and several other small track segments elsewhere in the country.

Amtrak owns or leases its stations and owns its own repair and maintenance facilities. The Corporation employs a total workforce of approximately 18,600 and provides all reservation, station, and on-board service staffs, as well as train and engine operating crews. Outside the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak contracts with privately or publicly owned

railroads for the right to operate over their track. Under contract, these railroads...