FRA and FTA July 2024 Site Visit with Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT in Morrisville, PA and Trenton

Amtrak and NJ TRANSIT are continuing to accelerate their joint examination, inspection, maintenance, and improvement activities to various infrastructure and fleet systems following Northeast Corridor (NEC) disruptions in New Jersey and New York Penn Station that occurred in May and June 2024.

On Monday, July 29, Amtrak Executive Vice President, Service Delivery & Operations Gery Williams led tours of Amtrak's substation in Morrisville, Pa., and on our catenary car in Trenton with Federal Railroad Administration Administrator Amit Bose and Federal Transit Administration Regional Administrator Michael Culotta along with our partners at NJ TRANSIT, followed by a visit to NJ TRANSIT's maintenance yard. The FRA Administrator and FTA Regional Administrator's visit builds on ongoing work by Amtrak, NJT and FRA in Northeast states to tackle the prior service issues and restore and improve reliability for commuters and travelers.

Our joint collaboration with NJ TRANSIT is a holistic effort focused on both Amtrak infrastructure - including the electric traction system that powers trains, the catenary (the system of overhead power wires that are part of the electric traction system), signals, and switches - and NJ TRANSIT equipment, including the pantograph system that connects to the catenary and draws power for the train. Learn more here.

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