CN Submits Comments to STB on Completeness of UP-NS Amended Merger Application

CN Submits Comments to STB on Completeness of UP-NS Amended Merger Application

MONTREAL, May 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) filed comments with the Surface Transportation Board (STB) demonstrating that the amended merg…

UP and NS resubmit merger application to STB amid growing opposition

After a first application was deemed incomplete, Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern have applied again for a merger.

CPKC: UP+NS Refiling ‘Doesn’t Change the Underlying Reality’

Canadian Pacific Kansas City on May 8 filed 56 pages worth of comments (download redacted public version below) addressing the completeness of the revised Surface Transportation Board application on Union Pacific’s acquisition of Norfolk Southern. “In those comments, we address why it does not appear that UP and NS have met the specific STB requirements to submit a detailed market impact analysis based on their projected future shares of rail tr…

BNSF to UP-NS: Keep Trying

Just days after Union Pacific filed a revised application to acquire Norfolk Southern, its primary competitor in the West said the proposal was still “incomplete” and should be rejected by regulators. On May 8, BNSF Railway filed its response to the application with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board, the agency that will ultimately have the final say on whether UP and NS will be able to create the first single-transcontinental railroad. The …