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Archive -- Joint NARP Mid-Atlantic South Division / VARP 2017 Meeting
Date
Saturday, April 1, 2017 Saturday, April 1, 2017
Location
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Saturday, April 1, 2017
11:30am - 3:30pm
Joe Theismann’s Restaurant
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Diagonal Road - Alexandria, VA (across from the King Street Metro station, which is adjacent to the Amtrak station)
- The meeting is scheduled to permit travel by Amtrak trains 20 and 88 in the morning and 19 and 147 in the afternoon.
Planned Presentations:
- Jim Mathews - President & CEO - National Association of Railroad Passengers - National Update
- Jennifer Mitchell - Director, Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation - Virginia Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation in the McAuliffe Era,
- Dept. of Rail and Public Transportation recommendations for DC-Richmond rail
- The Federal Railroad Administration’s Northeast Corridor Report
- Chuck Riecks - Vice-Chair - NARP - The Daily Cardinal Campaign
- Rafi Guroian - VARP Member - Mainstreaming passenger rail planning
Complete Meeting Information
"The Rail Passenger Association's recognition of the essential work done by SMART-TD members aboard Amtrak during this difficult period is appreciated. The Golden Spike Award serves as a testament to the compassion and dedication our conductors, assistant conductors and other workers exhibit constantly through times both ordinary and extraordinary."
Jeremy Ferguson, SMART-TD President
December 21, 2021, on the Association awarding its 2021 Golden Spike Award to the Frontline Amtrak Employees.

