Opposing the UP-NS Proposed Merger
How to Make Your Voice Heard

Tell the STB You Want to Preserve Rail Competition

Union Pacific (UP) and Norfolk Southern (NS) submitted their application to the U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) on December 19, 2025. Although the STB rejected this initial application as incomplete, UP and NS refiled a substantially similar application on April 30, 2026 – which includes no additional concessions to protect customers. This potential merger could have widespread effects on rail competition, supply chains and service reliability through North America. It is important that the Surface Transportation Board hear from you now and at every opportunity during the regulatory review process. Your views matter and will help them make informed decisions. Here is how you can tell the STB to say no to unchecked market power and the loss of competitive options you'll never get back.

Under Chairman Patrick Fuchs's leadership, the STB will run a process that allows customers to voice their concerns and raise the specific harms they face. The STB process cannot make up for an absence of voices sharing the real-world impacts from this merger (the regulators will not necessarily make assumptions about these impacts and develop solutions on their own), and UP is counting on that. Please make sure your voice is heard.