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NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) 60 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002 Phone, 202–906–3000 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 637 NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION (AMTRAK) 60 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002 Phone, 202±906±3000 Board of Directors: Chairman THOMAS M. DOWNS Members GOV. THOMAS R. CARPER, DANIEL W. COLLINS, SYLVIA A. DE LEON,R OBERT KILEY, CELESTE P. MCLAIN, ROY M. NEEL, DON J. PEASE Secretary of Transportation (ex officio)FEDERICO PENÄ A Officers: President and Chairman THOMAS M. DOWNS Executive Vice President and Chief Operating DENNIS F. SULLIVAN Officer Chief Financial Officer ELIZABETH C. REVEAL Vice President, Corporate Management and ANNE W. HOEY Corporate Secretary Vice President, Government and Public Affairs THOMAS J. GILLESPIE, JR. Vice President, Human Resources DENNIS R. WRIGHT Vice President, Contract Services RONALD J. HARTMAN Vice President, Passenger Marketing and Sales ROBERT K. WEHRMAN Vice President, Reengineering NORRIS W. OVERTON Chief Executive OfficerÐWest Coast Strategic GILBERT O. MALLERY Business Unit Chief Executive OfficerÐNortheast Corridor GEORGE D. WARRINGTON Strategic Business Unit Chief Executive OfficerÐIntercity Rail Service ARTHUR F. MCMAHON Strategic Business Unit General Counsel STEPHEN C. ROGERS [For the National Railroad Passenger Corporation statement of organization, see the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, Part 700] 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 Transportation serves as an ex officio Corporation (Amtrak) was created by the member and Amtrak's president serves Rail Passenger Service Act of 1970, as as Chairman; three members amended (45 U.S.C. 541), and was (representing labor, State Governors, and incorporated under the laws of the the business community) are appointed District of Columbia to provide a by the President with the advice and balanced national transportation system consent of the Senate; two members by developing, operating, and improving represent commuter authorities; and two U.S. intercity rail passenger service. members are selected by the preferred Amtrak is governed by a nine-member stockholder. The Corporation is managed board of directors: The Secretary of by its president along with the executive 638 U.S. GOVERNMENT MANUAL vice president, chief financial officer, six under contracts with several transit vice presidents, and three chief agencies, Amtrak carried over 33 million executive officers of the strategic commuters. business units (SBU's). Although Amtrak's basic route system The three SBU's, the Northeast was originally designated by the Corridor, the Intercity, and the West, Secretary of Transportation in 1971, were created during Amtrak's modifications have been made to the restructuring in the fall of 1994 in order Amtrak system and to individual routes to increase profitability. Each SBU has a that have resulted in more efficient and chief executive officer who has control cost-effective operations. Currently, in over business decisions in his area. The the face of ongoing budget constraints, SBU's have been successful in the new service will only be added if a State Northeast Corridor, which has expanded agrees to share any losses associated operations southÐthrough Richmond to with the new service or if the new Newport News. service does not substantially add to Amtrak operates an average of 212 Amtrak's need for Federal assistance. trains per day, serving over 540 station locations, over a system of Amtrak began operation in 1971 with approximately 24,500 route miles. Of an antiquated fleet of equipment this route system, Amtrak now owns a inherited from private railroads; some right-of-way of 2,611 track miles in the cars were nearly 30 years old. Since Northeast Corridor (Washington-New then, the fleet has been modernized and York-Boston; New Haven-Springfield; new state-of-the-art single- and bi-level Philadelphia-Harrisburg), and several passenger cars and locomotives have small track segments in the East, been added. purchased pursuant to the Regional Rail Systemwide ridership is steadily rising, Reorganization Act of 1973 (45 U.S.C. and Amtrak is finding it increasingly 701 et seq.) and the Railroad difficult to meet the demands of Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act increased travel patterns with its limited of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). passenger fleet. To ease these equipment Amtrak owns or leases its stations and constraints, the Corporation is working owns its own repair and maintenance to identify innovative funding sources in facilities. The Corporation employs a order to acquire additional passenger total work force of approximately 25,000 cars and locomotives. and provides all reservation, station, and There is no rail passenger system in on-board service staffs, as well as train the world that makes a profit; Amtrak is and engine operating crews. Outside the no exception. However, Amtrak has Northeast Corridor, Amtrak has made significant progress in reducing its historically contracted with 21 privately dependence on Federal support, while at owned railroads for the right to operate the same time improving the quality of over their track and has compensated service. Every year Amtrak moves further each railroad for its total package of toward increasing the ratio of its earned services. Under contract, these railroads revenue to total costs. As a result, are responsible for the condition of the Amtrak's appropriation for the current roadbed and for coordinating the flow of fiscal year is 45 percent below that for traffic. fiscal year 1978 (in constant dollars). In fiscal year 1994, Amtrak transported One of Amtrak's highest priorities is to over 22 million people approximately 6 make the Corporation even more self- billion passenger miles. In addition, sufficient in the future. For further information, contact the Public Affairs Department, Amtrak, 60 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002. Phone, 202±906±3860..
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