News Amtrak boss quits amid White House criticism The chief executive of Amtrak, Stephen Gardner, resigned last week, citing a lack of confidence on the part of the Trump administration. “I am stepping down as CEO to ensure…
Projects Amtrak’s biggest-ever upgrade is set to unblock America’s busiest railroad A flagship project of President Joe Biden’s $1.3 trillion bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is accelerating this summer, a senior project leader tells GCR. Amtrak’s $6bn programme to…
News Aecom team wins $6bn contract to upgrade America’s busiest passenger line A team led by US engineers Aecom and Jacobs has won Amtrak’s first ever “delivery partner” contract, which will tackle a $6bn upgrade of a rail corridor in Baltimore, Maryland.…
News JV wins $1bn Amtrak package for Baltimore’s Frederick Douglass Tunnel US rail operator Amtrak has picked its team to build the southern approaches of the $6bn Frederick Douglass Tunnel project in Baltimore
News Arup-led team wins $73m preliminary design contract for expanded Penn Station Amtrak has hired a team led by UK-headquartered Arup to begin designing the expansion of the United States’ busiest rail hub, New York Penn Station.
