The Surface Transportation Board has combined its two legal offices into one and named Anika Cooper as chief counsel, the board has announced. The changes were announced Monday (Aug. 4, 2025), but ...

U.S. railroad customer groups have demanded regulators block or put onerous conditions on the proposed merger of Union ...

Last month, Union Pacific said it would buy smaller rival Norfolk Southern in an $85 billion deal to create the first U.S.

Amtrak and Union Pacific have reached a settlement in their dispute over performance of the Sunset Limited and have asked the ...

U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) are urging the Surface Transportation Board to “keep the best ...

More than two and a half years after Amtrak called on the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to initiate an investigation ...

The merger would create the United States’ first coast-to-coast rail network, spanning 50,000 miles and 43 states.

If you think federal regulatory agencies—even federally owned Amtrak—have strayed from what former Southern Railway and ...

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern's merger could streamline freight through Chicago — or sideline it. Here's what’s at stake ...

Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer on Thursday criticized Union Pacific's plan to acquire Norfolk Southern in a $85 ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Surface Transportation Board said on Wednesday that Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have ...

The $85 billion agreement is expected to take years to be completed, a process that includes an application with the Surface ...