Amtrak Picks Delta’s Former Chief to Lead It Through Challenging Time
All three railroads that use Penn Station — Amtrak, the Long Island Rail Road
and New Jersey Transit — plan to reduce their services there by as much as 25 percent to allow for track repairs.
Mr. Moorman said that much of “the basic blocking and tackling” had already been done at Amtrak but
that he was not in a hurry to leave and would work closely with Mr. Anderson through the end of the year.
The decision came during a challenging period for Amtrak, which has been the target of harsh criticism from elected officials in the New York area for its decision to curtail train service in
and out of Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan for nearly all of July and August.
Andrew M. Cuomo of New York has called for Amtrak to surrender control of Penn Station, which Amtrak owns and operates.
By PATRICK McGEEHANJUNE 26, 2017
Amtrak, the national passenger railroad that has been struggling to maintain its tracks in New York City, said Monday
that it had chosen an airline industry veteran to be its next chief executive.
