Below are press releases issued by the Surface Transportation Board since the beginning of 2019. Press releases issued prior to 2019 are available here.
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Below are press releases issued by the Surface Transportation Board since the beginning of 2019. Press releases issued prior to 2019 are available here.
02/24/2022 (Thursday)
No. 22-10
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Economics (OE) today announced the publication of the Annual Rail Rate Index Study: 1985-2020, which distills data and analysis of freight rail rates into formal reports that are shared with the Board and the... [Click for full press release.]
02/18/2022 (Friday)
No. 22-09
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision postponing any determination of whether the anticipated responsive applications that may be filed by BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) and Canadian National Railway Company (CN) would be deemed “minor”... [Click for full press release.]
02/18/2022 (Friday)
No. 22-08
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board’s Office of Environmental Analysis (OEA) today issued the Final Scope of Study (Final Scope) for the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that OEA is preparing in connection with the proposed acquisition of Kansas City... [Click for full press release.]
02/11/2022 (Friday)
No. 22-07
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The Surface Transportation Board today announced additional details for the first phase of the upcoming public hearing regarding the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s (Amtrak) application to operate Gulf Coast service. The public hearing will... [Click for full press release.]
02/02/2022 (Wednesday)
No. 21-06
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board has posted the 2020 Public Use Waybill Sample and the 2020 Uniform Railroad Costing System (URCS) data. Requests for the 2020 Confidential Waybill Sample are being processed. All Board work products reliant on the 2020... [Click for full press release.]
02/01/2022 (Tuesday)
No. 22-05
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today announced details for the upcoming public hearing regarding the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’s (Amtrak) application to operate Gulf Coast service. The hearing will be held in two phases. The first... [Click for full press release.]
02/01/2022 (Tuesday)
No. 22-04
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board announced today that Board Member Michelle Schultz has been designated as the agency’s vice chairman. Ms. Schultz was sworn in as a Board member on January 11, 2021. She succeeds Robert Primus, who continues to serve... [Click for full press release.]
01/27/2022 (Thursday)
No. 22-03
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision denying a request to extend the procedural schedule in the docket regarding the Board’s proposed reciprocal switching regulations. All procedural dates remain unchanged, including those for the... [Click for full press release.]
01/06/2022 (Thursday)
No. 22-02
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
The Surface Transportation Board today announced additional details for the upcoming public hearing on the revised application for CSX Corporation and CSX Transportation, Inc., et al. (CSX) to acquire control of Pan Am Systems, Inc., and its shortline... [Click for full press release.]
01/03/2022 (Monday)
No. 22-01
Contact: | (202) 245-0245
Karen J. Hedlund was sworn in today as a new member of the Surface Transportation Board. Ms. Hedlund was confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2021. Ms. Hedlund served in the Obama Administration as Chief Counsel of the Federal Highway Administration... [Click for full press release.]