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 ...

The future of a long-awaited elevated park project in North Philadelphia could hinge on a ruling by an obscure federal board.

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

Union Pacific's proposed purchase of smaller rival rail operator Norfolk Southern will need to be approved by the Surface ...

The move comes as part of a merger where Union Pacific will be acquiring Norfolk Southern, and together they'll form a ...

The Surface Transportation Board is seeking comments from shippers, carriers, and others on first-mile/last-mile (FMLM) service, which occurs when railcars are moved between a local railroad ...

July 10, 2025 Regulatory STB: Nominations Welcome for RSTAC, RETAC The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is seeking nominations to fill vacancies on its Railroad-Shipper Transportation Advisory ...

The Surface Transportation Board [http://www.stb.dot.gov]of the United States is a bipartisan, decisionally-independent adjudicatory body organizationally housed within the U.S. Department of ...

The board is asking stakeholders to issue comments by June 5. The deadline to reply to comments is July 6. “Machine-readable invoicing may be one way to make the process of verifying demurrage ...

The Surface Transportation Board will require railroads to submit service recovery plans and provide additional data and regular progress reports on rail service, operations and employment.

Surface Transportation Board Docket No. FD 36369, Association of American Railroads—Petition for Declaratory Order, Served Dec. 30, 2020.

The Surface Transportation Board is seeking comments from shippers, carriers, and others on first-mile/last-mile (FMLM) service, which occurs when railcars are moved between a local railroad ...