The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDot) has finalized a deal with the Norfolk Southern Corporation to expand passenger rail service on the Pennsylvanian Amtrak line in Western Pennsylvania. Currently, the Pennsylvanian Amtrak service travels roundtrip between New York City and Pittsburgh via Harrisburg once daily. The agreement supports increasing those Pennsylvanian passenger services to twice daily. The commonwealth will invest more than $200 million in infrastructure and safety improvements that will be constructed and maintained by Norfolk Southern. Grant applications by PennDot to the Federal Railroad Administration have been made to help pay for the improvements.