Amtrak announces it is suspending long-distance routes ahead of a Friday night deadline to avert a strike along the country's freight rail lines.
Amtrak announced Wednesday it is suspending long-distance routes ahead of a Friday night deadline to avert a strike along the country's freight rail lines.
Amtrak said in an emailed statement that it was taking the measure to avoid stranding passengers en route to their destinations. Much of Amtrak's long-distance service runs on freight tracks. The company had already suspended 10 of 15 routes when it made the announcement around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday that service on its five remaining long-distance routes would be suspended.
It said most travel within the Amtrak-owned Northeast Corridor and related East Coast branch lines would not be affected and that service on its Acela express lineEarlier Wednesday, the Midwest commuter rail carrier Metra said multiple Chicago-area routes would be canceled in advance of the deadline. The cancellations, which will take effect late Thursday, will affect 23 trains on the BNSF Railway, Union Pacific North, Union Pacific Northwest and Union Pacific West lines.
“The parties are negotiating in good faith and have committed to staying at the table today,” a Labor Department representative told the network.
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