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NEW CPKC-CSX CLASS I CONNECTION LINKS MEXICO, TEXAS, AND THE U.S. SOUTHEAST
The STB has approved CSX and CPKC's applications to acquire rail lines operated by G&W’s Meridian & Bigbee Railroad, L.L.C. (MNBR), paving the way for a new direct CPKC-CSX interchange connection in Alabama.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City, CSX Corporation, and Genesee & Wyoming 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.
Through the now-approved transaction, which was previously announced in June 2023, CPKC will acquire and operate across the 52-mile segment between Meridian, Miss., and Myrtlewood, Ala., currently owned by MNBR, while CSX will operate the lines currently operated by MNBR east of Myrtlewood.
As a result, CPKC and CSX will establish a direct Class I-to-Class I interchange at or near Myrtlewood and connect shippers in Mexico, Texas and the Southeast U.S. MNBR will continue to provide local service to customers between Meridian and Myrtlewood.
“With this new east-west Class I route, we are creating competition, providing a service that will take more trucks off the road, and growing rail transportation by expanding markets across the southern U.S., from Dallas to Atlanta and beyond," said Keith Creel, CPKC President and CEO.