Security steps already used during July's Republican National Convention in New York will soon be common place on the city's busy Amtrak service from Rensselaer Station, a report in The Times Union says.
Bomb-sniffer dogs, random luggage screenings and other heightened security measures will soon be enacted regularly on the service in an effort to thwart terrorist attacks – almost six years on from the September 11 attack on the World Trade Centre.
Exactly when the heightened security efforts will start has not been made public as US Attorney Office chief of Criminal Division Grant C Jaquith says no warning will be given to potential attackers.
"Because of the way this is being fielded initially we lose some of the bang for our buck if we say when we're going to be there," Jaquith says, according to the Times.
The cost of stepped-up security, which will affect 761,000 passengers that use the service each year, was also kept under wraps.
Amtrak recently adopted similar measures for the Republican National Convention when passenger bags were given identification tags and security sweeps were carried out across services and photo ID was required to purchase tickets.
Reported by Penny Jones
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