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Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2017 State of

Indiana FY17 at a Glance

 The Beech Grove facility outside of employs over 500 and is used to maintain and overhaul many types of equipment for Amtrak and other agencies  Over $23 million in Amtrak procurement  771 residents employed by Amtrak  Total resident employee , over $49 million  Over 51,000 Indiana residents are members of the Amtrak Guest Rewards frequent user program  Amtrak-State partnership: -Indianapolis State

Amtrak Service & Ridership Amtrak operates three National Network through Indiana:

• The (daily Chicago-South Bend---, D.C.) • The (tri-weekly Chicago-Indianapolis--) • The Limited (daily Chicago-South Bend-Cleveland-Buffalo-/New York)

Amtrak also operates, in partnership with the State of Indiana, one State Supported corridor , the (see below). Also, in partnership with , Amtrak runs the Chicago- service through Hammond-Whiting and Michigan City.

During FY17 Amtrak served the following Indiana locations:

City Boardings + Alightings Connersville 583 Crawfordsville 5,932 Dyer 3,142 Elkhart 22,599 Hammond-Whiting 11,321 Indianapolis 32,725 Lafayette 17,667 Michigan City 3,699

Amtrak Government Affairs: November 2017 Rensselaer 2,188 South Bend 21,818 Waterloo 23,137 Total Indiana Station Usage: 144,811 (up 8.1% from FY16)

Procurement Amtrak spent $23,390,017 on goods and services in Indiana in FY17. Most of this amount in the following locations:

City Amount Beech Grove $ 1,163,691 Elkhart $ 5,385,588 Indianapolis $ 12,483,714

Employment At the end of FY17, Amtrak employed 771 Indiana residents. Total wages of Amtrak employees living in Indiana were $49,136,110 during FY17.

PRIIA Section 209 The Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-432) required, by October 2013, an equitable arrangement of cost sharing between Amtrak and state or public agency partners that provide funding for short-distance, train services. Agreements were reached with all parties, including Indiana, by the deadline, and the services continued to run without interruption.

Amtrak MidwestSM services Amtrak operates the state-supported Hoosier State, under contract with the State of Indiana. It runs four days a week (the days the Cardinal does not run), Indianapolis-Lafayette-Chicago. This train is part of the five-state Amtrak Midwest SM network of services. Other amenities provide additional revenue sources, and these Chicago hub and St. Louis hub services carried 4,704 bicycles and 2,143 pets in FY17.

Beech Grove Shops Amtrak’s principal heavy maintenance facility is located in Beech Grove, southeast of Indianapolis. Here, 529 employees rebuild and overhaul Amtrak’s , , Surfliner, Heritage, and car fleets. P32, P42, and F59 locomotives also are overhauled and rebuilt here for use across the Amtrak system, as is other equipment for Amtrak’s state partners and other passenger railroads. Amtrak performed heavy overhaul, periodic maintenance, repainting, and other upkeep on 180 pieces of equipment in FY17. 2

The supply components to other Amtrak facilities, including couplers, overhauled air conditioners, overhauled air brake valves, and about 300 other types of components unavailable elsewhere.

Indianapolis Distribution Center The Indianapolis Distribution Center (IDC) is Amtrak’s largest material and supply facility. Clean and modern, the IDC boasts 180,000 square feet of inside storage space. Using state-of-the- technology, 16,000 stock-keeping-units (SKUs) are inventoried electronically to prevent issues innate to manual cataloging and to keep the stock instantaneously updated. The IDC is conveniently located less than a mile from the Beech Grove shops. It employs approximately 30 full- and part-time personnel. Material for all purposes, from coach seats to toilet paper and locomotive parts, are distributed from the IDC to 31 Amtrak terminals nationwide.

Station Improvements Waterloo: In June 2016, the historic Waterloo train station (1884) reopened for Amtrak services. The station was relocated and refurbished by the Town of Waterloo using a TIGER grant. The station has been modernized to meet contemporary code and replaces a bus-shelter type station.

Chicago-Detroit Improvements and Capital Projects Indiana Gateway: As part of the High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail Program (HSIPR), the State of Indiana was the recipient of a $71.4-million grant to alleviate congestion at the major rail junction at Porter. Multiple railroads meet here, including three Amtrak routes to Michigan and two Amtrak National Network routes from Chicago to the East Coast. This is one of the most congested stretches of railroad in the world. In 2016, final construction was completed on eight separate improvements from Porter west to the state line. Seven of the improvements are on track owned by Norfolk Southern and the eighth on Amtrak’s east of Porter. The work on the Amtrak line includes installation of high- speed crossover tracks and related signal improvements.

South of the Lake Route Alternatives Analysis Report: Amtrak and the states of Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan are participating in an alternatives analysis to determine the best route for passenger trains running east from Chicago toward Michigan and the East Coast. This FRA-managed analysis choose from one of four routes to establish a passenger-centered corridor. The FRA is expected to publish the Final Environmental Impact Statement and Record of Decision for the preferred route in 2018.

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--Amtrak Government Affairs, fall 2014