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 Tom Carper
Members Ray LaHood (Secretary of Transportation)
, Joseph H. Boardman
(President), Donna McLean, Nancy Naples,
(4 vacancies)
Officers:
President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph H. Boardman
Chief Financial Officer D. J. Stadtler
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 (vacancy)
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 19,000 and provides all reservation, station, and on-board service staffs, as well as train and engine operating crews. Outside theNortheast Corridor, Amtrak contracts with privately or publicly owned railroads for the right to operate over their track. Under contract, these railroads are responsible for the...
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