Amtrak plans to invest up to $90 million in Baltimore Penn Station for improvements, including enhancing the customer experience as well as expanding and modernizing the station to accommodate passenger growth.
“By investing in the modernization of Baltimore Penn Station, Amtrak seeks to transform central Baltimore into a premier regional transportation hub that will provide new amenities and transit connections,” Richard Anderson, Amtrak president and CEO, said. “This work is part of Amtrak’s ongoing efforts to improve the customer experience and grow passenger rail.”
Amtrak selected Baltimore-based developer partnership Penn Station Partners as the Baltimore Penn Station Master Developer in January 2018. The partnership includes local and international firms, Cross Street Partners and Beatty Development Group.
Amtrak and Penn Station Partners are working on Next Stop Baltimore Penn Station, a plan for the station and surrounding Amtrak properties.
The first phase of the project will include construction of a new platform and renovating the existing one.
The Baltimore station project is part of a larger plan to improve Northeast Corridor infrastructure.
Improvements include Amtrak high-speed rail expansion. Amtrak also is renovating New York Penn Station and will open the new Moynihan Train Hall in New York.
Stations in Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and Chicago are also being renovated.