Amtrak seeks funding for Penn Station master plan

Amtrak is looking to secure financing to develop a master plan costing up to $1.2 million for Penn Station in Baltimore.

The federally owned railroad company has committed $400,000 in its 2013 fiscal budget for a Penn Station plan, said Amtrak spokeswoman Christina E. Leeds.

That funding will go toward examining the infrastructure of the 101-year old station and its rail lines in a strategic plan, said Kaliope Parthemos, the city’s deputy chief of economic development. The plan will take three…