It seems unlikely a freight strike would inconvenience Philly-area commuters much, if at all. Here’s what you need to know.
, sidelining the roughly 7,000 trains that daily carry goods from coast to coast, including crucial deliveries of medical supplies, chlorine to wastewater treatment facilities, and coal to electric power plants.
It seems unlikely a freight strike would inconvenience Philadelphia-area commuters much, if at all. Likewise for passengers using Amtrak to travel the Eastern Seaboard’s Northeast Corridor. But holders of tickets on one of Amtrak’s long distance routes elsewhere found canceled trains beginning Thursday.Who might strike and why?
Freight railroads already have said they need to hire about 40,000 workers to replace those who’ve retired during the pandemic.Rail service on the Northeast Corridor — which links Boston, New York, and Washington, with a major stop at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station — will not see major disruptions.
But Amtrak itself owns the tracks along the Northeast Corridor, its busiest route and largest revenue generator. Adjacent routes such as the Keystone service that originates in New York, stops in Philadelphia and continues on to Harrisburg will not experience any disruptions, Amtrak said.Some commuter railroad lines in the Midwest and WestBut SEPTA commuter trains have not used any freight railroad tracks since 2015, when the West Trenton Line was separated from track it shared with freight company CSX during a project to upgrade safety equipment, spokesman Andrew Busch said.
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