News Press Release: STB Approves Transaction That Creates New CPKC-CSX Class I Connection Linking Mexico, Texas and the U.S. Southeast
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STB Approves Transaction That Creates New CPKC-CSX Class I Connection Linking Mexico, Texas and the U.S. Southeast
JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CSX Corporation (NASDAQ: CSX) (CSX), Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) (CPKC), and Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W) today said the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has approved CSX's and CPKC's respective applications regarding their acquisition of the rail lines operated by G&W's Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, L.L.C. (MNBR), which will result in the creation of a new direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection in Alabama.
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G&W owns or leases more than 100 freight railroads throughout North America with 4,000 employees serving 2,000 customers over more than 13,000 track miles. G&W subsidiaries and joint ventures also provide rail service at more than 30 major ports, rail-ferry service between the U.S. Southeast and Mexico, transload services, and industrial railcar switching and repair. G&W is owned by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, L.P. and GIC.