Amtrak wasted US$23m on unneeded office space: report

Washington

US railroad operator Amtrak wasted at least US$23 million by acquiring unneeded office space in Boston, New York, Washington and several other cities, according to a report by the railroad's inspector general.

The report by Stephen Lord, the assistant inspector general for Amtrak, sketches a picture of a quasi-public, federally-subsidised passenger railroad that lacks a game plan for securing office space for its workers.

In its Washington headquarters, for example, Amtrak owns or rents three facilities other than Union Station, and is moving ahead with plans to construct a new building for its police …