STB Advances ’Data Collection’ Streamlining Efforts
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on May 8 reported several actions in continuation of its work “to enhance, focus, and automate agency data collections as part of a broader d...
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The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on May 8 reported several actions in continuation of its work “to enhance, focus, and automate agency data collections as part of a broader d...
Richard Kloster joins the STB at an important time for the agency as it reviews the proposed $85 billion merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, which would be the largest US...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on May 18 ruled to maintain the status of a 1992 Code of Car-Hire rule, opting to observe market responses to recent changes before consideri...
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) has formally accepted Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern’s merger application for review, marking the next stage in a proposed deal that...
PRESS RELEASE 28 May 2026 STB Accepts UP-NS Merger Application for Consideration; Requires Supplemental Information and Holds Proceedings in Abeyance The Surface Transportation Bo...
WATCHING WASHINGTON, MAY 2026 ISSUE: Comprehensive transportation knowledge coupled to public policy acumen has been in short supply among the 117 Senate-confirmed members of the 1...
The agency’s ruling maintains the competitive status quo in which NS is the only railroad with direct access to Norfolk International Terminals.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is considering changes to its ex parte regulations that would “improve stakeholder engagement, facilitate well-informed decision-making, and...
Summary What happened: Consistent with actions of other agencies, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) proposed a rule to clarify, update, and streamline its NEPA regulations (t...
The agency said there needs to be additional information submitted concerning the environmental impact of the merger.
In a nutshell: The regulator’s bid to tear up 40 years of captive-shipper rules lands just as it weighs America’s first transcontinental railroad merger. Coincidence, or strategy?...
The agency said there needs to be additional information submitted concerning the environmental impact of the merger.
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) will consider Nevada Gold Rail LLC’s (NG Rail) proposal to construct a 55.7-mile rail line in Eureka and Landar counties, Nevada, connecting...
The Surface Transportation Board on May 28, 2026 announced its unanimous decision accepting for consideration the revised major merger application filed April 30, 2026 by Union Pac...
In a significant development for the U.S. freight rail industry, the Surface Transportation Board (STB) today accepted for consideration the revised major merger application filed...
The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on March 31 presented its calculation for the change in railroad productivity for the 2020-24 averaging period. Comments are due by April 15....
The Surface Transportation Board on May 12 granted CN’s motion to compel Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern to produce 2025 rail traffic data, facilitating discovery in their pendi...
Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) on April 30 submitted an amended merger application to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) containing additional analysis “reinforci...
The STB now has 30 days to decide whether the application is complete; a formal review by the regulator would likely stretch for more than a year and include public hearings.
Former Surface Transportation Board Chairman Marty Oberman is incrementally cautious on Union Pacific’s revised application for acquiring Norfolk Southern. It may be challenging fo...
The Surface Transportation Board’s (STB) Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) has released a Draft Environmental Assessment (Draft EA) for Laredo Gateway Industrial Railway, LLC’...
The Alliance for Chemical Distribution, American Chemistry Council, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, and The Fertilizer Institute are requesting that the Surface Tr...
WASHINGTON, D.C. –– The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) and the Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD) have filed separate letters with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) that res...
Federal regulators accepted the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application but paused the review process while seeking more information.
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