Intercity Passenger Rail Amtrak Needs to Improve Its Decisionmaking Process for Its Route and Service Proposals

In recent years, facing the continuing deterioration of its financial condition & its attempt to eliminate its need for federal operating assistance by Dec. 2002, the Nat. Railroad Passenger Corp. (Amtrak) undertook a number of actions intended to improve its financial condition., including planning to implement new routes & expand services (called the Network Growth Strategy) on the freight railroad tracks over which Amtrak operates. This report examines: (1) the status of the Network Growth Strategy, (2) Amtrak's estimates of expected mail & express revenue, & (3) Amtrak's success in obtaining freight railroads' agreement to allow it to expand service over their tracks. Charts, tables & map.Hecker, JayEtta Z. is the author of 'Intercity Passenger Rail Amtrak Needs to Improve Its Decisionmaking Process for Its Route and Service Proposals' with ISBN 9780756725457 and ISBN 0756725453.