Amtrak names team to lead plans for Penn Station renewal

BALTIMORE (AP) - Amtrak has named a team to lead a long-discussed redevelopment of Baltimore’s century-old Penn Station.

The Baltimore Sun reports that the passenger railroad company is negotiating with a group called Penn Station Partners for a redevelopment plan that could see retail, residential and office projects around the revamped station.

Mayor Catherine Pugh describes the plans for Penn Station as a “historic opportunity.”

Among the proposals in preliminary blueprints is a new concourse built in what is now a parking lot.

The newspaper says that Amtrak expects ridership along the Northeast corridor to double by 2040.

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Information from: The Baltimore Sun, http://www.baltimoresun.com