Source: New York Post
A long‑running turf war between Amtrak and the MTA’s Metro‑North Railroad is spilling onto the tracks, with Amtrak now accusing Metro‑North of slowing down millions of commuters as leverage in a contractual fight. In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday night, Amtrak says Metro‑North has spent the last two months blocking its non‑passenger trains — trains that do test runs, safety inspection trips and equipment moves — on the Hudson and New Haven Lines, choking off what Amtrak describes as essential work that keeps passenger-filled trains moving on time. “Their 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,” an Amtrak spokesperson said Thursday.
