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 John Robert Smith

Members Sylvia de Leon, Michael Dukakis, Linwood Holton, Amy Rosen,

(vacancy)

Member ex officio (Secretary of Transportation) Norman Y. Mineta

Officers:

President and Chief Executive Officer George D. Warrington

Executive Vice President, Operations E. S. Bagley, Jr.

Vice President, Labor Relations Joseph M. Bress

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Arlene Friner

Officer

Vice President, Human Resources Lorraine A. Green

Vice President, Business Diversity Gerri Mason Hall

Vice President, Government Affairs Joseph H. McHugh, Acting

Executive Vice President, Marketing, Sales, and Barbara J. Richardson

Brand Management

Vice President, Capital Infrastructure and Richard R. Sarles

Equipment

Executive Vice President and General Counsel and Alicia M. Serfaty, Senior Vice President-Law and Corporate Acting

Secretary

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The National Railroad Passenger Corporation was established to develop the potential of modern rail service in meeting 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 an average of 212 trains per day, serving over 540 station locations in 46 States, over a system of approximately 22,000 route miles. Of this route system, Amtrak owns less than 1,000 track miles in the Northeast Corridor (Washington-New York-Boston; New Haven-

Springfield; Philadelphia-Harrisburg), and several other small track segments throughout the country.

Amtrak owns or leases its stations and owns its own repair and maintenance facilities. The Corporation employs a total work force of approximately 23,000 and provides all reservation, station, and on-board service staffs, as well as train and engine operating crews. Outside the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak has historically contracted with 14 privately owned railroads for the right to operate over their track and has compensated each railroad for its total package of services. Under contract, these...