(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 2019)
PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA has paid Amtrak a dollar a year for the last 32 years to use land along the East Coast’s busiest railroad tracks, which also double as routes for three Regional Rail lines. Now Amtrak wants to raise the rent to $1.5 million, and is suing to get the money. The dispute began as a lease renegotiation but escalated, hinging on questions about what control Amtrak can exert along lines used by 11,000 SEPTA customers a day, and whether it can boot SEPTA and its 46 stations off its land. SEPTA is arguing that Amtrak can’t do so, and that the rail carrier’s position violates federal law.
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