Amtrak officials say the railroad will employ as many as 200 more people in the office in five years. Amtrak currently employs nearly 50 people in Georgia and spent more than $78 million on goods and services in the state during the most recent fiscal year.
Amtrak’s Crescent service travels twice daily between New York and New Orleans, and serves Atlanta’s Peachtree Station.
“We are excited to come to Georgia. The opening of this service delivery center strengthens our IT operations and allows us to deliver service more effectively and efficiently for our business and customers,” says Jason Molfetas, Amtrak’s chief information officer and executive vice president.
In addition to Sandy Springs, Amtrak has IT offices in Washington, Philadelphia, and Wilmington, Del.
Mr. Bose–I think they mean once a day in each direction :-). That way of counting makes sense if you're trying to *see* the train (it really does pass any given location twice a day). Not so much if you're trying to *ride* the train, though.
My family's home was in Sandy Springs for 35 years. It is a robust suburban city that is now bulging at the seams. In case somebody overlooked it, IT can be performed anywhere. Sandy Springs is ideal for that task. Well connected by transportation and possessing a surplus of available personnel, it's in the heart of an economic climate that is progressive and upscale. I salute Amtrak for its incredible choice in locating this new operation. Perhaps a byproduct of this will be an incentive to develop more strategic passenger rail connections in the South. Either way, good choice!
Paul, great comment. I guess Amtrak bought into the IT hype of having to be in the it crowd to supposedly attract talent.
"Amtrak’s Crescent service travels twice daily between New York and New Orleans."
Really?
Tank cars! Get the LNG and hydrogen based diluents out and return to a safer railway. Keep the unreliable electronic braking away from tank cars and save adding another ignition source. Put the money into producing rail that will take all kinds of North American Weather and everyone will benefit.
It is ironic that Amtrak would choose a one-passenger train metropolitan area like Atlanta to locate an IT office and then expand it.