U.S., Surface Transportation Board defers decision in Chicago Metra-Union Pacific dispute over commuter-rail service

From Progressive Railroading Magazine; August 11, 2020

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) last week declined to intervene in an ongoing dispute between Metra and Union Pacific Railroad over three Chicago-area commuter-rail lines that UP operates. 

Metra late last month asked the STB to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent UP from taking steps that the Chicago commuter railroad says would “degrade or halt” service on the three Metra lines operated by UP.

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