“We expressed the fact that we felt the dialogue was not what it should have been, and the follow-up is not what it should have been,” Baker said. “We really want to make sure that going forward we and they are working on the same page.”

Baker and Amtrak’s Joe Boardman met at Amtrak’s headquarters to hash out a solution after faulty Amtrak-owned equipment held up commuters near South Station twice this year. In the future, the governor said, Amtrak will be subject to rigorous procedures for communicating with government officials and responding to equipment failure.

WASHINGTON — Governor Charlie Baker plans to set “very aggressive protocols” with Amtrak regarding the tracks it shares with the MBTA, he said after a meeting with the train service’s chief executive Wednesday.


Baker said Amtrak committed to a regularly scheduled meeting with state officials for briefings on maintenance and repair work. Amtrak and the government will work out the details of future communication protocols, he said.

A spokeswoman for Amtrak did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The state Department of Transportation is currently renegotiating its agreement with Amtrak, the federally subsidized passenger rail service, over the use and maintenance of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s tracks between Boston and Rhode Island, a portion of the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor.

Officials in Boston expressed anger last month, following the delay or cancellation of 40 MBTA trains due to a damaged Amtrak signal system near South Station. The incident sparked the state transportation department to consider fining Amtrak for future service disruptions.

Baker also stopped by Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation and state Secretary of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders. The governor, who in March signed into law a measure placing tighter state control on opioids, discussed continued efforts in combatting the epidemic on a national scale.


Afterward, Baker, a Republican, endorsed President Obama’s proposal to add $1.1 billion to target opioid treatment. The House approved a $500 million grant for the opioid crisis last week, but Republicans have been butting heads with the Democrats, who want to add another $600 million.

“I appreciate the fact that the Congress is working on this stuff, but in Massachusetts it wasn’t just about the money,” he said. “[It] was about putting resources into the system.”

Alice Yin can be reached at alice.yin@globe.com.