: America’s Railroad

TESTIMONY OF JOSEPH H. BOARDMAN PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AMTRAK

BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON SURFACE TRANSPORTATION AND MERCHANT MARINE INFRASTRUCTURE, SAFETY AND SECURITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2013 2:30 P.M. 253 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING

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Newark New York

Philadelphia Wilmington

Baltimore Segment exceeding Washington capacity by 2030

Projected NEC capacity situation, 2030 3 Opening Portal Bridge

NJ Transit train holding for Portal bridge opening

Tugboat

All trains entering or leaving New York from the south must cross the century-old Portal Bridge – a double-tracked over the that opens to admit river traffic and closes to operate 4 trains (each opening requires 4 people onsite, typically 4-6 openings/week)

Maintaining Portal Bridge

Work goes on at Portal Bridge between trains, with “flag protection” – workers stand aside to let trains pass at speed (60mph) 5 Focus on the passenger

6 The Gateway Project

New Portal Bridge 7 Today’s Amtrak System

8 The Amtrak system - minus western long distance services

This shows what happens if you remove the six long distance trains with 9 the highest annual total operating loss