With a national railroad strike and/or lockout now averted, Amtrak said on its website this morning that it is working to restore cancelled trains.
However, no details had yet to be posted by mid-morning. The notice said passengers whose trains had been cancelled would be accommodated on “first available departures.”
The passenger carrier had begun suspending some long distance trains on Tuesday, including the Southwest Chief, Empire Builder, California Zephyr and the Los Angeles-San Antonio segment of the Texas Eagle.
On Wednesday Amtrak said all remaining long-distance trains would be suspended on Thursday as well as late day corridor services.
Some trains still departed their terminals on Wednesday, including the Capitol Limited, but others, including the Lake Shore Limited, were suspended.
The Capitol and Lake Shore use the same Norfolk Southern route between Chicago and Cleveland.
Various commuter railroads around the country also had announced plans to suspend service if a work stoppage occurred as early as Friday morning.
Some commuter railroads own their own tracks and would not have been affected.
Amtrak had indicated that in the event of a work stoppage, it would having continued to operate corridor services on routes where it, a short line carrier not part of the contract talks, or a public agency owns the tracks.
In numerous public statements, Amtrak had said it was not a party to the labor negotiations between the National Carriers Conference Committee, which represents railroad management, and the 12 labor unions representing 125,000 railroad workers.
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