If a transcontinental rail merger is proposed — as has been a subject of speculation in recent months — it would be up to the ...

A federal court has tossed out the Surface Transportation Board’s 2024 reciprocal switching rule that would have allowed ...

STB says the Kansas City Southern Railway Company can transport grain using Union Pacific Railroad Company tracks between ...

As the proverb provides, “Be careful for what you wish,” as wishes sometimes deliver unintended consequences. Railroads may have experienced a wishes backfire July 8 when the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of ...

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) on July 7 announced a decision confirming the Kansas City Southern Railway Company’s ...

A federal board on Wednesday approved a Canadian Pacific Railway merger with Kansas City Southern, creating a freight rail system linking North America. The deal is the nation’s first major rail ...

Following confirmation by the United State Senate in November, the Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving ...

DENVER — Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs says he is transforming the regulatory agency into a more efficient body that will help support competition and growth for railroads.

NCTD initially filed the petition Aug. 28, 2020, with the federal board, and then in early 2021 suspended it to work on an agreement with Del Mar and the California Coastal Commission.

WASHINGTON — Surface Transportation Board Chairman Patrick Fuchs has called on CPKC to provide the board with a plan to address issues resulting from last month’s computer cutover for former ...

The Washington, D.C.-based Surface Transportation Board (STB), an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and ...

The federal Surface Transportation Board approved the rail line in 2021, after a lengthy environmental review of the potential effects on air pollution, wetlands, wildlife, and more.