Freight railroads are challenging in federal court a new stricter way of measuring on-time performance for Amtrak trains, the latest wrinkle in a battle over how far freight trains must go to enable passenger trains to arrive on time. Currently Amtrak’s on-time arrival report card is below average, at less than 80% systemwide. That rate drops below 56% for long-distance trains. The Association of American Railroads late last...

Source: Wall Street Journal August 17, 2016 09:22 UTC