Federal judge throws out Amtrak injunction request in Metro-North track access dispute

By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on May 26, 2026

A federal judge dealt Amtrak a major legal setback on Friday by denying its request for a temporary order that would have forced Metro-North Railroad to once again allow it to use tracks they share for non-passenger train movements.

U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff dismissed Amtrak’s plea for the court to force Metro-North, which is part of the MTA, to give the federal rail service access to its tracks to run trains not carrying passengers in the Bronx, upstate, and Connecticut while its suit, filed last month, plays out.

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