City & State New York

Editor’s note: Train Daddy’s return ‘beyond’ exciting

I recently wrote an editor’s note on how Penn Station advocates were hoping Andy “Train Daddy” Byford would take the lead on the transit hub’s redevelopment. Then, on May 23, it was reported that ...
City & State New York

Editor’s note: Train Daddy is right to want a bolder Penn Station redevelopment plan

There’s no doubt that when “Train Daddy” speaks, commuters listen. Perhaps it’s time the folks in Albany do too. Andy Byford, the former New York City Transit Authority president who won over ...
Houston Press

Will Federal Support and “Train Daddy” Finally Get the Texas Bullet Train Project Going?

Amtrak is “all in” on making the long-delayed Houston-to-Dallas high speed rail line a reality, according to a video posted on social media last week—and the plan has supporters even higher up the ...
Hosted on MSN

Former NYC Transit Head 'Train Daddy' to Lead Amtrak's Penn Station Overhaul

(Bloomberg) -- Former New York City Transit President Andy Byford, nicknamed “Train Daddy,” has been appointed to lead the $7 billion revamp of New York’s Pennsylvania Station. US Department of ...
Railway Age

‘Train Daddy’ Andy Byford Leads Off NGTC Conference

Next-Gen Train Control 2024 (NGTC), presented by Railway Age and Parsons, has a phenomenal lineup of industry leaders and experts in rail communications, signaling and advanced technology. We’re ...
Jalopnik

Andy Byford — 'Train Daddy' — Returns To The U.S. To Save Amtrak

Amtrak has appointed a new executive vice president to lead the development of high-speed rail services. Streetsblog reports the federal government-owned passenger railroad has chosen Andy Byford for ...