SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD

08/06/2025 (Wednesday)
No. 25-30
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The Surface Transportation Board announced today that it has granted a request from Amtrak to dismiss with prejudice Amtrak’s complaint regarding the on-time performance (OTP) of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited service and to close the Board’s related investigation following a negotiated settlement. [Click for full press release.]

08/06/2025 (Wednesday)
No. 25-29
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The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued a Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) for Green Eagle Railroad’s proposed construction and operation of a 1.3-mile rail line in Eagle Pass and Maverick County, Texas. [Click for full press release.]

08/04/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-28
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced that, effective August 1, 2025, it has combined its two legal offices, the Office of Proceedings (OP) and the Office of the General Counsel (OGC), into one Office of Chief Counsel.  [Click for full press release.]

07/30/2025 (Wednesday)
No. 25-27
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The Surface Transportation Board confirmed today that it has received a notice of intent regarding a proposed merger that would result in the combination of Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) and Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) (together Applicants), both Class I railroads.  This notice, required under the Board’s merger regulations at 49 C.F.R. Part 1180, […] [Click for full press release.]

07/21/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-26
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Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs today announced that the agency is holding a series of meetings designed to discuss ideas and opportunities to update the STB’s regulatory framework to improve competition and reduce regulatory barriers. [Click for full press release.]

07/10/2025 (Thursday)
No. 25-25
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced a decision discontinuing a regulatory docket in which certain Class I carriers proposed changes to the agency’s procedures for railroad revenue adequacy, along with a related exploratory proceeding. [Click for full press release.]

07/07/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-24
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced a decision confirming the Kansas City Southern Railway Company’s (KCSR, now part of Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) with Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)) continued ability to use haulage rights originally established in 1988 to transport grain traffic over Union Pacific Railroad Company (UP) tracks between Beaumont, Texas, and the ports of Houston and Galveston. [Click for full press release.]

06/30/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-23
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Continuing the agency’s efforts to promote transparency and accountability, Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs provided an update today on recent actions to facilitate and expedite the resolution of several outstanding Board proceedings. Colorado Landowners—Adverse Abandonment––Great Western Railway of Colorado, LLC in Weld County, Colo. (AB 857 (Sub-No. 2)). On October 5, 2022, a group […] [Click for full press release.]

06/10/2025 (Tuesday)
No. 25-22
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Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs announced today that recent listening sessions led by Vice Chairman Michelle Schultz with legal practitioners have generated valuable feedback, and Vice Chairman Schultz has provided five initial recommendations for streamlining Board processes and procedures. [Click for full press release.]

05/30/2025 (Friday)
No. 25-21
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The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision removing the agency’s Final Offer Rate Review (FORR) rule. [Click for full press release.]