WASHINGTON — Richmond, Va.’s, newly-rehabilitated Main Street Station will host Amtrak’s once-yearly public Board of Directors meeting on Friday, Dec. 1.
Unlike last year’s annual meeting at St. Louis Union Station, this year’s gathering will be preceded by presentations from Virginia and North Carolina passenger rail operating agencies, as well as Amtrak officials.
The meeting will review fiscal year 2023 and provide an overview of Amtrak’s strategic priorities and annual operating plan for fiscal 2024.
The public can attend in person or remotely, but as was the case in 2022, the company says “participation is limited” and all attendees must register in advance. The deadline is Nov 27; registration is available at this website.
The session begins with display tables open at noon; presentations on new service and corridor expansion from Amtrak, Virginia, and North Carolina officials start at 1 p.m.
The public board meeting will run from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Current board chairman Tony Coscia is expected to preside as he did at last year’s St. Louis meeting. Coscia has been renominated by President Joe Biden, but his confirmation and that of two other nominees — Normal, Ill., Mayor Chris Koos and Joel Szabat of Virginia — will not be considered by the Senate unless U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) is satisfied that additional members from outside the Northeast Corridor are nominated [see “Kansas Senator places hold …,” Trains News Wire, Oct. 23, 2023].
As a result, it is likely that only current board members — who continue to serve even though their terms have expired — will participate in-person or virtually.
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