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Former NYC Transit Head 'Train Daddy' to Lead Amtrak's Penn Station Overhaul
Former New York City Transit President Andy Byford, nicknamed “Train Daddy,” has been appointed to lead the $7 billion revamp ...
Byford, Once New York’s ‘Train Daddy,’ Set to Lead Penn Station Overhaul
If approved for the job by the Amtrak board, Andy Byford will take the helm of one of the most high-profile, complex and ...
NYC ‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford joins Amtrak board to oversee Penn Station revamp
Train Daddy” is officially back. Former Transit President Andy Byford has formally joined Amtrak’s Board of Directors to ...
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Train Daddy
The Trump administration announced Andy Byford will lead Penn Station’s overhaul—a win for the Metropolitan Authority (MTA), ...
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‘Train Daddy’ Takes Over Penn Station Project But Amtrak Still Has Major Issues
Amtrak appointed its top high-speed rail executive Andy Byford to oversee Penn Station’s reconstruction plan late last week, ...
Andy Byford, former NYC subway chief, slated to take over Penn Station renovation, reports say
Andy Byford, who served as the president of New York City Transit for two years, has been chosen to lead the renovation of ...
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‘Train Daddy’ Returns to New York
Andy Byford is coming back to New York, where he has been tapped to oversee development in and around the city’s Penn Station ...
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Impacts of Amtrak service cuts; could they have been prevented?
Amtrak's latest service cuts have now been in effect for about a month. The cuts are expected to last three years and are ...
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Amtrak cuts NYC service for construction — and everyone from the governor to commuters is bracing for years of chaos: ‘Enough is enough’
Amtrak will cut service between Penn Station to Albany for East River Tunnel repairs – but everyone from interstate commuters to the governor is bracing for three years of transit chaos.