
A memo released on Wednesday highlights significant freight interference on Metra’s Milwaukee District-West Line and is being used to caution federal regulators against approving a merger between two large freight railroad companies that will bring an influx of freight trains to the Chicago region.
The seven-page memo released by U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., outlines how Canadian Pacific Railway has violated an agreement to give Metra trains priority over freight trains during busy hours which caused delays between 2017 and 2021.