Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 23.12.2009

Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, LLC-Acquisition-CSXT Transportation, Inc.

The Surface Transportation Board (Board) is accepting for consideration the application seeking Board approval of the acquisition by Massachusetts Coastal Railroad, LLC (Mass Coastal) of a permanent rail freight easement on about 33 miles of the rail lines of CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) in Massachusetts. Collectively, Mass Coastal and CSXT will be referred to as "Applicants." If the application is approved, Mass Coastal would replace CSXT as the only railroad providing freight service on these rail lines. In the proposed transaction (the Acquisition), which is governed by 49 U.S.C. 11323-26, Mass Coastal would acquire a rail freight easement in CSXT's "South Coast Lines" consisting of: (1) The New Bedford Subdivision, which is 18.40 miles between milepost QN 13.40 at Cotley Junction and milepost QN 31.80 at New Bedford; (2) the Fall River Subdivision, which is 14.20 miles between milepost QNF 0.00 at Myricks and milepost QNF 14.20 at the Fall River, Massachusetts--Rhode Island state line; and (3) 0.08 miles of the North Dartmouth Industrial Track between milepost QND 0.00 and milepost QND 0.08, a total distance of approximately 32.68 miles. The Board finds that the Acquisition