This Week in Passenger Transport
March 31, 2008
Chicago area passenger rail systems are protesting the planned purchase of some tracks owned by U.S. Steel Corporation by a Canadian freight rail company unless certain conditions are met. At issue is timely and uninterrupted commuter rail access along the train tracks, which are used to transport suburban rail passengers in and out of Chicago, and the future of Illinois Amtrak service.
Passenger rail systems across the nation often rely on access to tracks owned by freight rail companies to move commuter and passenger trains.
The Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation and the Commuter Division of Chicago’s Regional Transportation Authority, which together are responsible for Metra commuter rail, have filed protests with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board regarding an application by the Canadian National Railway Company to purchase a major portion of the Elgin, Joliet, and Eastern Railway Company for $300 million from a subsidiary of U.S. Steel Corporation.
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