🚂Notice of Passenger Rail Advisory Committee Meeting Analysis
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Passenger Rail Advisory Committee (PRAC), pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA).
Learn More🚆2024 Railroad Revenue Adequacy Determinations & Business Impact
On August 20, 2025, the Board served a decision announcing the 2024 revenue adequacy determinations for the nation's Class I railroads. Two Class I railroads (CSX Transportation, Inc., and Union Pacific Railroad Company) were found to be revenue adequate.
Learn More🚆Permission Request for Waybill Data by St. Louis Freightway
The Surface Transportation Board has received a request from Bi-State Development to access specific waybill data for the St. Louis region, aiming to analyze railroad traffic trends. The data request involves confidentiality considerations and requires any objections to be filed within 14 days.
Learn More🚍Tentative Approval for Trivest Acquisition of Cline Companies
Trivest Fund VII, L.P. (Trivest) and its subsidiary, Passenger Transport Holdings, L.P. (PTH) (collectively, Applicants), both noncarriers, filed an application seeking authority to acquire control of Cline Tours, Inc. (Cline), a passenger motor carrier, and Cline's passenger motor carrier subsidiaries, Bus Supply Charters, Inc. (BSCI) and Crown Coach Corporation (Crown) (collectively, the Cline Companies). Cline also seeks after-the-fact authority for its prior acquisition of BSCI and Crown. The Board is tentatively approving and authorizing these transactions. If no opposing comments are timely filed, this notice will be the final Board action.
Learn More🚂Jaguar's Acquisition of Central Washington Railroad - Business Implications
The Surface Transportation Board announced a verified notice of exemption filed by OPSEU Pension Plan Trust Fund and Jaguar entities to acquire control of Central Washington Railroad Company. The acquisition is aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and investment while remaining exempt from certain regulatory approvals or labor protections, as it involves only Class III carriers.
Learn More🚂STB Notice on Waybill Data Release
The Surface Transportation Board has received a request to use select data from its masked Carload Waybill Samples. The request emphasizes the confidentiality of data, allowing objections within 14 days. Further inquiries on this request can be directed to the Board, which oversees transportation economics.
Learn More🚄Annual Revenue Thresholds for Railroads Effective January 2024
The Surface Transportation Board has released the annual deflator factor and inflation-adjusted revenue thresholds for railroads for 2024, ensuring classification based on actual business growth rather than inflation effects. This update is crucial for compliance with reporting requirements and reflects changes based on current economic data.
Learn More🚂Quarterly Rail Cost Adjustment Factor Approval and Business Impact
The Surface Transportation Board has adopted the third quarter 2025 Rail Cost Adjustment Factor and cost index filed by the Association of American Railroads.
Learn More⚖️Guidance on Criminal Regulation Enforcement by Surface Transportation Board
The Surface Transportation Board (Board) hereby gives notice of its plans to address criminally liable regulatory offenses under the recent executive order on Fighting Overcriminalization in Federal Regulations.
Learn More🚂Regulatory Notice on Waybill Data Use Requests by ACC
The Surface Transportation Board has received a request for access to specific Carload Waybill Sample data by Thompson Hine and Escalation Consultants on behalf of the American Chemistry Council (ACC). Due to the confidential nature of waybill data, objections can be filed within 14 days, highlighting the importance of confidentiality in business operations and data usage regulations.
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