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Surface Transportation Board
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- Regulator / standards — independent federal economic regulator of the railroads
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- United States
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Independent federal regulator whose decisions on rail mergers, rates and access shape every freight railroad's capital plans.
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The federal agency charged by statute with the economic regulation of freight rail and other surface modes: it resolves disputes, oversees mergers and control transactions, and rules on rates, access and abandonments; it buys no rail equipment.
- Type
- Regulator / standards — independent federal economic regulator of the railroads
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- 2026-10-19 — Wilkes-Barre Terminal Railway Company files for Surface Transportation Board exemption to acquire and operate lines held by the Luzerne County Redevelopment Authority and Luzerne County Rail Corporation.
- 2026-10-19 — Reading Blue Mountain & Northern Railroad seeks Surface Transportation Board approval for trackage rights over the Wilkes-Barre Terminal Railway Company.
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2 sources · all primary
- ● Surface Transportation Board · Home page: mission, Latest Board Decisions, docket FD 36873 (checked 2026-10-07)
- ● Surface Transportation Board · UP-NS Merger Resources, Docket FD 36873: selected filings and decisions through the Board decision of 6 October 2026 (published 2026-10-06 · checked 2026-10-07)
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