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.
01/16/2025 (Thursday)
No. 25-04
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
In my time at the Board, I frequently have heard concerns about retaliation by rail carriers against shippers and others who use or participate in the Board’s regulatory proceedings. I therefore feel it is imperative to issue this statement expressing... [Click for full press release.]
01/15/2025 (Wednesday)
No. 25-03
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision partially granting complaints filed by the North America Freight Car Association (NAFCA) and several other associations and individual complainants regarding Union Pacific Railroad Company’s (UP)... [Click for full press release.]
01/14/2025 (Tuesday)
No. 25-02
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision approving, with conditions, Canadian National Railway Company’s (CN) request for Board authority to acquire and operate Iowa Northern Railway Company’s (Iowa Northern) 218-mile rail system,... [Click for full press release.]
01/13/2025 (Monday)
No. 25-01
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
As we begin 2025, we do so having achieved marked progress on the Sunset Limited on-time performance (OTP) investigation, a critically important matter. An OTP investigation under Section 213 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008... [Click for full press release.]
11/25/2024 (Monday)
No. 24-37
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
Surface Transportation Board Chairman Robert Primus today sent a letter to the Association of American Railroads (AAR) expressing concern about the quality of AAR’s data submissions in recent years associated with the Rail Cost Adjustment Factor (RCAF).... [Click for full press release.]
10/17/2024 (Thursday)
No. 24-35
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) today issued two separate decisions approving, with conditions, CSX Transportation Inc.’s (CSXT) request for Board authority to acquire and operate the rail line of Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, L.L.C. (MNBR)... [Click for full press release.]
09/05/2024 (Thursday)
No. 24-34
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
The Surface Transportation Board today announced additional instructions in preparation for the September 16 and 17, 2024 hearing regarding recent trends and strategies for growth in the freight rail industry. The public hearing will be held in the Hearing... [Click for full press release.]
08/19/2024 (Monday)
No. 24-33
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
The Surface Transportation Board today issued a decision to establish a procedural schedule, address several motions and filings, and provide other directives regarding the Board’s investigation into the on-time performance (OTP) of Amtrak’s Sunset... [Click for full press release.]
08/16/2024 (Friday)
No. 24-32
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
The Surface Transportation Board today announced that the first meeting of the newly formed Passenger Rail Advisory Committee (PRAC) will be held on October 16, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. E.T. at the Surface Transportation Board headquarters at 395 E Street,... [Click for full press release.]
08/14/2024 (Wednesday)
No. 24-31
Contact: | (202) 245-1760
The Surface Transportation Board is actively monitoring the potential for a rail labor strike in Canada as early as August 22, 2024. If a strike occurs, the U.S. rail network and supply chain could be affected. The Board is aware that embargoes related to... [Click for full press release.]