Union Pacific Railroad Sues Chicago Commuter Railway for $2M+ Contract Violations, Suit Says

Union Pacific Railroad sued the Commuter Rail Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, doing enterprise as Metra, this week within the U.S. District Court docket for the Northern District of Illinois. The railroad firm, represented by Sidley Austin, claims Metra continued to make use of three of its Chicago-area rail traces after the expiration of their operational settlement. Union Pacific claimed Metra wouldn’t conform to pay its new fee of $18.50 per practice mile, and it as a substitute is paying on the expired settlement’s decrease fee.