rail

1. October 12, 2026News2 receipts2 min

   Surface Transportation Board raises 87 filing fees beginning November 12

   The Surface Transportation Board's 2026 fee update increases 87 of its 135 fees and leaves 48 unchanged. The final rule prints November 12, 2026 as its effective date and is scheduled for October 13 publication. It includes separate rates for rail construction applications, exemptions, abandonments and other proceedings; the charge depends on the filing category. These are agency filing fees, not passenger fares.

   Also filed undersurface-transportation-boardfiling-feeslicensingfinal-rule

2. October 10, 2026News4 receipts3 min

   CBP proposes that rail carriers send it advance data on passengers and crew crossing the U.S. border by train, including name, birth date and travel document

   U.S. Customs and Border Protection has proposed requiring rail carriers to send it travelers' identity, travel document and itinerary details before a train crosses the U.S. border. The proposal, scheduled to be published October 13, would make traveler data due 60 minutes before departure and a train notice 24 hours before the train reaches the border. It includes no start date. The Federal Register's record lists comments closing December 14, 2026.

   Also filed underborder-crossingcustoms-and-border-protectionproposed-ruletravel-privacyfederal-register

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