Vice President Joe Biden, one of Amtrak’s most prominent customers, said Amtrak will make overdue upgrades to infrastructure and expand passenger rail capacity with the $1.3 billion it is receiving through the economic-stimulus package.
Biden, formerly a regular rail commuter, said more than $100 million will be spent on replacing a bridge on the railway’s Northeast Corridor, while $82 million will go towards repairing rail cars. In addition to the Amtrak funds, the stimulus package also includes $8 billion to fund a high-speed rail network.
