Amtrak is advancing several key initiatives in 2024 as part of the railroad\u2019s ambitious goal of doubling annual ridership to 66 million by Fiscal Year 2040 (FY40). Building significant momentum in 2024, Amtrak plans to progress substantially on these goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cAmtrak has rebounded from the pandemic and is growing again as part of our plan to double ridership by 2040,\u201d said\u00a0Amtrak CEO Stephen Gardner<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cWith funding from the infrastructure bill in hand, we and our partners are transforming intercity passenger rail across the country in a big way.\u201d<\/p>\n Amtrak is advancing historic infrastructure investments that will, with the help of partners, launch new and expanded services, advance safety and reliability, improve accessibility, drive economic development and enhance the customer experience.<\/p>\n \u201cAmtrak is working on two overarching objectives in 2024 \u2013 improving passenger train service for our customers efficiently and effectively and carrying out a massive major infrastructure capital program aimed to modernize and upgrade our infrastructure, stations, fleet and technology,\u201d said\u00a0Amtrak President Roger Harris<\/a>. \u201cAs both a passenger rail service provider and a major construction company, we are quickly growing and evolving to deliver on both.\u201d<\/p>\n Following\u00a0strong growth in FY23,<\/a>\u00a0Amtrak plans to continue making strides in 2024 towards this ambitious goal of doubling ridership by 2040:<\/p>\n -via Press Release<\/em><\/p>\n The post Ambitious 2024 Initiatives Propel Amtrak Ridership Growth<\/a> appeared first on Railpace Newsmagazine<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Amtrak is advancing several key initiatives in 2024 as part of the railroad\u2019s ambitious goal of doubling annual ridership to 66 million by Fiscal Year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7650,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[713,47],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-7649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canada","category-rail-news","tag-usa"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t