"E ala i le teu faafaigaluega i le faaonaponei o le Baltimore Penn Station, Amtrak taumafai e liua le ogatotonu o Baltimore i se tulaga sili faaitulagi femalagaaiga hub o le a maua ai fou lelei ma femalagaaiga sootaga," fai mai Amtrak Peresitene & CEO Richard Anderson. "O lenei galuega o se vaega o Amtrak taumafaiga faifai pea e faʻaleleia le tagata faʻatau poto masani ma faʻatupu pasese nofoaafi."
Ua taunuʻu Amtrak i nofoaga faʻapisinisi mo le Baltimore Penn Station faʻatasi ai ma le faʻatinoina o le Matai Atinaʻe Maliega ma Penn Station Paʻaga e toefausia ma faʻalauteleina le nofoaga faʻasolopito. Amtrak o loʻo fuafua e faʻatupe atu i le $ 90 miliona i le faʻaleleia atili o le nofoaga faʻasolopito o se vaega o le fefaʻatauaiga, e aofia ai le faʻalauteleina ma le faʻafouina e ofi ai le pasese tuputupu ae ma matua faʻaleleia le tagata faʻatau poto masani.
Fuafuaga ma atinae tatau ai maelega na amataina talu mai Ianuari 2018, ina ua maeʻa Amtrak le faasilasilaga a le Penn Station Paaga o le filifilia Baltimore Penn Station Master Developer O le faiga faʻapaʻaga a le Baltimore-based developer o loʻo taʻitaʻia e le Beatty Development Group ma le Cross Street Partners, faʻatasi ai ma le au a le lotoifale ma faʻavaomalo o loʻo agavaʻa iai ni fuafuaga, mamanu, ma falefaigaluega. O le Penn Station Partners na filifilia e ala i se tauvaga faʻatauina gaioiga faʻavae i luga o le latou talosaga, ma le tuʻuina atu e faʻapaʻaga ma Amtrak ma le Aai o Baltimore e suia le eria i se olaola tele-modal hub faʻaalia ai le nofoaga faʻasolopito nofoaga i lona ogatotonu.
"Ua ou fiafia lava ona ua faia e Amtrak ma Penn Station Paʻaga le isi laasaga taua agai i le faamautinoaina o le Penn Station mafai mulimuli ane ausia lona atoa gafatia - ma ua ou fiafia lava i le iloaina o Amtrak o le a faia taua tele laumua e lagolago toefaafouina o lenei faailo o Baltimore, ”O le saunoaga lea a le faipule o Elijah E. Cummings. "O le a faaauau pea ona matou galulue vavalalata ma Amtrak, Penn Station Paaga, ma le atoa Baltimore nuu e mautinoa ai o lenei poloketi atagia ai a matou mea e ave i ai le faamuamua, fausia avanoa mo le lotoifale pisinisi laiti-ma tamaitai, ma mafai ai Penn Station e avea uma ma se valaaulia faitotoʻa ma se afi tamaoaiga mo lo tatou Aai. "
Amtrak ma Penn Station Paaga o loʻo alualu i luma se Vaaiga Vaaia mo le nofoaga ma lata ane Amtrak meatotino i le faiga faapaaga ma le lotoifale paaga ma le nuu, valaauina Le isi taofi Fale Vaʻai Baltimore.
"O se taua galuega faatino lenei mo le taulaga o Baltimore ma le tasi e tatau ona tatou saʻo," o le tala lea a Michael Beatty, Peresetene o Beatty Development Group. “E taua tele lo tatou galulue faʻatasi ma le afioʻaga ma faʻaauau a latou sao. O le fonotaga faalauaitele muamua ia Iulai 2018 na maua ai e matou le anoanoaʻi o manatu faʻaalia loloto. O loʻo matou vaʻavaʻai foʻi i le faia o ni fonotaga faʻapitoa mo le lautele i le ono masina o loʻo lumanaʻi nei, ina ua maua se maliega faʻapisinisi. Bill Struever, o le Pule Aʻoga o le Kolisi o Paaga a Cross Street, na ia faaopoopo mai, "Matou te mananaʻo o le a toefausiaina le Penn Station e faatauaina e tagata o le pitonuu e faaopoopo i tagata faimalaga ma le au Amtrak."
O le vaega muamua o galuega faʻaleleia o nofoaafi i le Baltimore Penn Station e aofia ai le toe faʻafouina o se tulaga ua i ai e toe aumai ai i le tautua ma le fausiaina o se isi tulaga. Mo nisi faʻamatalaga, asiasi BaltimorePennStation.com.
O le auivi atinaʻe ma nofoaga o loʻo faʻaleleia atili i Baltimore o le a faʻaaogaina ai isi mea tetele i Matu i Sasaʻe i sasaʻe ma faʻaleleia atili gafatia, e aofia ai ma le Amtrak fou-o le saoasaoa televave taumafaiga faʻalautele o loʻo faʻagasolo nei. O lenei poloketi faʻapipiʻiina faʻaauau foi Amtrak faaleleia i New York Penn Station; tatalaina le Moynihan Train Hall fou i Niu Ioka; ma isi atinaʻe o nofoaga i Chicago, Washington, DC ma Filatelefaia.
