August 11, 2020 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, August 10, 2020) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) last week declined to intervene in an ongoing dispute between Metra and Union Pacific Railroad over three Chicago-area commuter-rail lines that UP operates. Full story:...
August 5, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Logistics Management, August 4, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Earlier this week, 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...
July 28, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, July 27, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The Rail Customer Coalition is asking Congress to support the confirmation of two additional people to the Surface Transportation Board (STB) so that the board can reach its full member complement. STB...
July 23, 2020 | Headlines, STB, UP
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 22, 2020) Metra yesterday asked the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to issue a preliminary injunction to prevent Union Pacific Railroad from taking steps that the Chicago commuter railroad says would “degrade or...
July 23, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 22, 2020) Class Is employed 116,128 workers in mid-June, down 2.31 percent from May’s employment levels and down 17.99 percent year over year, according to Surface Transportation Board (STB) data. All employment categories...
July 21, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, May 20, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Rail headcount levels in June reached a fresh low for 2020 as U.S. rail volumes were still recovering from the coronavirus-induced traffic declines from earlier in the spring. The number of employees working...
July 20, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, July 17, 2020) The Surface Transportation Board (STB) yesterday, reversing an earlier decision, determined that Texas Central Railroad’s proposed Dallas-to-Houston high-speed rail service will qualify as part of the interstate...
June 24, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 23, 2020) Class Is employed 118,880 employees as of mid-May, down 4.46 percent from April and down 16.84 percent from May 2019 levels, according to Surface Transportation Board data. All six employment categories logged...
June 19, 2020 | Headlines, STB
(Source: Freight Waves, June 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Rail employment in the U.S. Class I operations fell below 120,000 workers in May, reaching a new low as the railroads trimmed their workforce levels to match the steep declines in rail volumes. Of May’s...
June 9, 2020 | Amtrak, Headlines, STB
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 5, 2020) Amtrak is asking the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to settle an ongoing dispute with Metra over the commuter railroad’s use of Chicago Union Station, which Amtrak owns. Full story: Progressive...
