ALABAMA (WHNT) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it reached a settlement with Norfolk Southern to resolve allegations that the company delayed Amtrak customer trains along a route in violation of federal law.

The settlement says that Norfolk Southern Corporation and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (together, Norfolk Southern) reached an agreement with the DOJ to resolve the allegations that it delayed Amtrak passenger trains on Amtrak's Crescent Route in violation of federal law by failing to give Amtrak trains preference over freight trains.

As a result of the settlement, the DOJ moved to dismiss its lawsuit against the company.

As part of the settlement, the DOJ said Norfolk Southern agreed to provide all Amtrak trains the highest priority, train its employees to give p

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