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Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application incomplete, US STB says

By Wesley Brown ( January 16, 2026, 22:41 GMT | Insight) -- The US Surface Transportation Board announced Friday that the merger application submitted by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern was incomplete, resulting in rejection of the application. The board highlighted specific information that the parties omitted in their Dec. 19 application and clarified that the decision "should not be read as an indication of how the Board might ultimately assess any future revised application."The US Surface Transportation Board announced Friday that the merger application submitted by Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern was incomplete, resulting in rejection of the application....

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