Amtrak Sues Metro-North Over Denied Request to Run Work Trains
An Amtrak train in New York Penn Station in Newark, New Jersey.
Photographer: Gabby Jones/BloombergAmtrak is seeking a preliminary injunction against Metro-North Railroad that would allow its non-revenue trains to run between New York City’s northern suburbs and Connecticut.
Amtrak said Metro-North has during the past two months denied requests to run work trains, reposition equipment and test NextGen Acela trains between New Rochelle and New Haven, according to a lawsuit the national passenger rail provider filed late Wednesday in Manhattan federal court. Metro-North owns the tracks along that line.