Surface Transportation Board

National Farmers Union cites higher costs, less reliability of past rail mergers.

The Surface Transportation Board strengthened its bench, adding two longtime railroad executives to its ranks. 

The Surface Transportation Board rejected opponents’ attempts to quickly halt the proposed Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern merger.

Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena is critical of rival railroads’ plans to request trackage rights over a combined UP-Norfolk Southern system. “The idea to give up tracks of your railroad for no reason at all just goes against the fundamental principle of how … business should work,” Vena told an investor conference. Last week BNSF […]

BNSF, CPKC and CSX want broad operating rights over a merged UP-NS network.

More than 100 House Democrats urged the Surface Transportation Board to prioritize rail jobs in its review of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger.

Would-be participants have until the end of September to make a formal filing in the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger review.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern insist their merger application meets regulatory thresholds and urge the STB to proceed with the review.

The Surface Transportation Board resumed its review of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger after lifting a prior delay.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern turn to former federal anti-trust officials to refute claims by red state Attorneys General opposing their transcontinental rail merger. 

Seven GOP Attorneys General are again urging federal regulators to reject the Union Pacific–Norfolk Southern rail merger.

The merger filing of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern still lacks information for proper federal review, say shippers’ trade groups.

The CEOs of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern are confident that their merger application addressing competition concerns provides a compelling case for regulatory approval.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have added new customer assurances to their merger application filing.

As the Big Boy steam locomotive thundered into Philadelphia for the USA 250 celebration, the CEOs of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern talked about the proposed merger that could reshape the American supply chain.

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern submitted initial responses to the Surface Transportation Board’s request for additional data regarding their proposed transcontinental rail merger.

Richard J. Kloster has been sworn in as the newest member of the Surface Transportation Board.  

The Surface Transportation Board granted conditional acceptance of the revised UP-NS merger application. What does that mean for the proposed transcontinental rail merger?

The Surface Transportation Board gave conditional approval of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern revised merger application, but asked for more information.

The Surface Transportation Board accepted the merger application from Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern, on the condition that the partners submit more data for evaluation.