PENNSYLVANIA AMTRAK FACTS
Routes Serving Commonwealth and Stops
Pennsylvania is served by 72 daily Amtrak trains
running enroute through the Northeast Corridor. These trains,
which include Metroliner service to Washington, D.C. and New York
City, stop at the North Philadelphia and 30th Street stations in
Philadelphia.
Amtrak also operates 26 trains daily between
Philadelphia and Harrisburg serving the following stops:
Penn Center
30th St. Station
Ardmore
Paoli
Malvern
Downington
Coatesville
Parkesburg
Lancaster
Mount Joy
Elizabethtown
Middletown
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania is also served by the following Amtrak
long distance trains:
Montrealer (daily Washington - Montreal service)
Palmetto (daily New York - Savannah service)
Crescent (daily New York - New Orleans service)
All of the above serve Philadelphia (30th Street)
and North Philadelphia.
Silver Meteor, Silver Star (daily Florida service)
Colonial (daily Boston - Newport News service)
The above serve Philadelphia (30th Street).
Broadway Limited (daily New York/Washington - Chicago
service)
Philadelphia
(30th Street)
North Philadelphia
Paoli
Lancaster
Harrisburg
Lewistown
Huntington
Altoona
Johnstown
Greensburg
Pittsburgh
Lake Shore Limited (daily New York/Boston - Chicago
service)
Erie
Current and Pending 403(b) Service
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania currently underwrites
the operation of 19 trains a week between Philadelphia and th is
Harrisburg. The total amount contributed by the Commonweal
$175,000; Amtrak provides the same amount.
Pennsylvania has requested additional 403(b) service
which is presently under review. Specifically, the Commonwealth
has requested round trip weekend service between Hobokeniaandand
Scranton and daily round trip service between Philadelph
Pittsburgh.
Under the provisions of the Amtrak Reorganization Act,
such service would be funded on the 80/20 matching share in its
first year of operation. The Commonwealth would contribute
$225,000 for the Scranton-Hoboken service and $510,000 for shared
Philadelphia-Pittsburgh service. Capital costs are equally
on to
and would require approximately a total of $6.3 milliPhila
delphiaimplement Scranton-Hoboken service and $400,000 for
Pittsburgh service.
Schedule and Service Improvements
In 1979, Amtrak introduced 34 fully rebuilt Metroliners
to hourly New York-Washington service. The Broadway Limited will
receive newly rebuilt head end power (HEP) equipment in mid-1980.
ed was
In October, the eastbound schedule of the Broadway Limit
changed to four hours later in order to provide overnight service
between Chicago and Pittsburgh and daytime service between
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, New York and Washington.
Capital Improvements
Amtrak invested substantial funds into various projects
in Pennsylvania during 1979. Two million dollars were invested in
track improvement on the Philadelphia-Harrisburg line. In code
Harrisburg, $214,000 was spent to correct safety and fire
violations at the train station. Another $80,000 was spent for
project,
pollution control in Philadelphia and Paoli. In a major
Amtrak spent $4.4 million to relocate the Data Center from
Washington to Philadelphia.
In 1980 Amtrak plans further capital improvements.
Amtrak has programmed $400,000 additional funds for improvements
vements
to the Harrisburg station, $4.9 million for track improimpro
vements
between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, and $200,000 for
to the Philadelphia Maintenance facilities.
Employment
Amtrak has 1,986 employees in Philadelphia, 388 in
Bensalem, 67 working with the NECIP program in Philadelphia, 130
in Paoli, 105 in Lancaster, 69 in Harrisburg, 13 in Pittsburgh,
and 119 based in other locations in Pennsylvania.
Rail Grade Crossing Project
Amtrak contributed $9,800 to a grade crossing improveof Amtrak's contriment program in Lancaster. The significance alth
in obtaining
bution is the leverage it gives the Commonwe
Federal funds under the Federal Highway Administration forthe local
n enables
upgrading grade crossings. Amtrak participatio
government to meet its matching fund requirements.
Procurement Activity
As part of its Superliner program, Amtrak has contracted with Westinghouse for electrical equipment and with
General Electric for transformers.
for Amtrak's
General Electric is the prime contractor and
Metroliner overhaul program. Westinghouse Airbrakemajor the
Westinghouse Service Shop-Traction Motors are the
subcontractors.
US&S/WABCO is supplying the train control and Budd
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Company is supplying the car bodies for Amtrak's $85 million AEMlocomotive program.
Minority Business Utilization
This past year, Amtrak awarded $3,967,336 to minority
firms in Pennsylvania.
NECIP
In 1979, 2,902 residents of Pennsylvania were employed
They
to work on the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project.mile
s of
8 track
installed approximately 48,000 wood ties and
aced.
continuous welded rail. Five track miles were also surf
Total cost for NECIP in Pennsylvania in 1979 was $3.7 million.
be
I 1980, 10 miles of continuous welded rail will
and high
installed and 5 interlockings will undergo rehabilitation
speed surfacing. Approximately $3 million will be spent in
Pennsylvania.
Advertising
In 1979, Amtrak purchased advertising from a number sof
stations. Our contract
Pennslvania newspapers and broadcasting and
operated radio stafor advertising included minority owned
tions as well as major statewide publications.
line ads
In January, February and May, Amtrak ran 1 ,000
in two Philadelphia newspapers promoting travel within the
ran 1 ,000 line ads
Northeast Corridor. In April and May, Amtrak pape
rs. During
promoting its Florida service in the same news adel
phia stations
September, Amtrak ran television ads on six Phil
promoting Florida travel to build post-Labor Day ridership.
esville,
Amtrak also alerted consumers in Erie, Coat
ective
Lancaster and Harrisburg to the change in schedules eff
April 29.
two
During May and June, 1,000 line ads were run in on
complete vacati
Philadelphia newspapers selling Amtrak asby a car.
package for families who usually travel
y in two
Special ads were placed in June and Jul
and fare information to
Philadelphia newspapers providing schedule
relieve overloaded phone lines to reservation centers.
ced a full
During the week of October 29, Amtrak plaak.
This
Amtr
page ad in every city in Pennsylvania served by
introduced consumers to the
"America's Getting Into Training" ad ed
localized schedule
restructured Amtrak system and provid
information.