IMPACT OF WORK CUTBACKS ON NORTHEAST CORRIDOR IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Work planned under the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project, to improve high-speed rail passenger service between Boston and Washington, has been cut back substantially to stay within the project's budget--now $2.5 billion. According to project officials, reductions in planned work from January 1979 to the present will likely reduce ontime reliability; passenger comfort; passenger, crew member and public safety; and increase Amtrak maintenance costs. These officials believe that additional work cutbacks will probably be necessary.

• Record URL:
  http://www.gao.gov/docdblite/summary.php?recflag=&rptno=CED-81-23
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This is an interim report on a forthcoming broader view of the Northeast Corridor Improvement Project. A previous report (CED-79-38, Mar. 29, 1979) covered changes in the project's planned work up to and including January 1979.
• Corporate Authors:

  U.S. General Accounting Office

  441 G Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20548
• Publication Date: 1980-10-31

Media Info

• Pagination: 46 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Budgeting; Costs; Government funding; High speed rail; Maintenance of way; Passenger comfort; Quality of service; Railroad tracks; Safety
• Identifier Terms: Amtrak
• Geographic Terms: Northeast Corridor; Northeastern United States
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00330164
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: CED-81-23 Intrm Rpt.
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 15 1981 12:00AM