WASHINGTON—Federal officials will take over the management of Washington’s Union Station, which Amtrak now runs.
Amtrak is a federally chartered corporation operating as a for-profit entity, with the U.S. government as its controlling shareholder. The Epoch Times has reached out to Amtrak for comment.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the takeover during an event celebrating the launch of Amtrak’s NextGen Acela trains.
“He wants Union Station to be beautiful again,” Duffy said of President Donald Trump. “He wants transit to be safe again, and he wants our nation’s capital to be great again.”
Duffy said that the move is not a power play, noting that the Department of Transportation has owned Union Station since the early 1980s….
Federal Government Will Take Over DC’s Union Station
