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Transportation
Overview of the Department
The Transportation Department consists of six operating divisions, one customer service division and six
support areas including: System Operations (CNOC), Risk and Emergency Preparedness Management,
Host Railroads, Safety and Operating Rules Compliance, Service Delivery and Operations Management
groups. The department has 9,215 authorized headcount comprised of 735 management and 8,480
agreement employees. Transportation is responsible for providing a safe, comfortable and on-time
national rail passenger service as well as developing train schedules and dispatching of trains for Amtrak
and five Commuter agencies. It has the responsibility for all operations, maintenance and staffing for
Amtrak and non-Amtrak owned Stations. Crew Management and Scheduling (CNOC) create cost
efficient crew couplets to support train operations.
Transportation’ s funding request is largely based on the number of train miles in the timetable, train
schedules and the equipment consist book. Salaries, labor and benefits comprise 64% of our FY12
Operating expenses; other major cost categories are train fuel, host railroad payments, connecting
transportation services, utilities, and station/facilities costs.
Base Activity:
Transportation’ s FY12 base budget is $1,458.2M with new initiatives of $0.9M and targeted expense
reductions of $10.8M for a total budget of $1.448.3M. Labor, benefits and FELA and Host railroad costs
are the driving factors in the base increase from FY11 to FY12. A summary of FY12 changes includes
the following:
o Inflation of Prior Year base including labor agreement - $38.5M
o Salary Increases - Lower Vacancy and Increase work scope - $1.0M
o Wages & OT (Net of Inflation and Initiatives) - $5.3M
o Change in Base Employee Benefits & FELA - $16.1M
o Employee Related and Travel – ($1.6M)
o Other Train Operations – ($1.7M)
o On Board Services – ($0.9M)
o Host Railroad Expenses - $19.7M
o Utilities, Electricity Water & Sewer – ($3.5M)
o Train Fuel and Power - $15.3M
o Materials – ($3.2M)
o Facility, Communications & Office – ($4.1M)
o Professional Fees (Safe-to-Safer training transitioning to Amtrak employees) – ($6.4M)
o Passenger Inconvenience – ($5.4M)
o Loss of commuter contract for 6 months in FY12 (offset by loss of revenue) – ($36.1M)
o Other - $0.8M
New Activity:
Transportation has a number of initiatives in the FY12 Plan that will add $0.9M to FY12 operating
expenses. Initiatives include staffing adjustments on board certain routes as well as Route Performance
Initiatives (RPIs). A summary of FY12 changes includes the following:
o On Board Services (OBS) increase Lake Shore Limited - $0.7M
o Fuel Conservation program ($4.3M)
o RPI on Capitol Limited - $0.9M
o Additional ticket agents Cary/Raleigh , NC - $0.3
FY2012 Budget Post Board 1.20.12.doc 74 of 79
o Fuel Pricing Adjustment - $1.0M