Amtrak sues Metro-North over access to routes

NEW YORK — Amtrak is suing the Metro-North Railroad, saying the Metropolitan Transportation Authority commuter operator will not allow tests of NextGen Acela trains on Metro-North routes.

In a suit filed on Wednesday, April 22, in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, Amtrak is seeking an injunction allowing it to operate non-revenue trains on Metro-North routes until the matter can be settled by arbitration. The filing says arbitration is required to settle the dispute under contracts governing its use of Metro-North’s New Haven and Hudson lines.

Amtrak said in a statement that Metro-North’s actions “are violating agreements we’ve had in place for more than 35 years, causing escalating harm to Amtrak’s operations, undermining safety-critical rail activity, disrupting service needed by millions of passengers, and putting the reliability of intercity rail service at risk.” ..............(more)

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