The railroad could quintuple the region’s oil exports, according to a 2021 environmental review. The federal Surface Transportation Board, which regulates interstate rail transportation ...

The railway is not yet under construction but received necessary approvals from the Federal Surface Transportation Board in December 2021 and the U.S. Forest Service in July 2022. The 88-mile-long ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Amtrak only offers one route that crosses Utah right now, but Utah transportation officials say they are still interested in expanding options that would boost regional travel.

A group of Utah counties is poised to issue $2 billion in tax-exempt bonds to finance the construction of an 85-mile oil-hauling rail spur out of the Uinta Basin.

Eastern Utah wants an oil railroad. ... which regulates interstate rail transportation, approved an environmental impact statement and granted a permit for the railway in 2021.

Utah's proposed oil-hauling Uinta Basin Railway cleared its final regulatory hurdle when the Forest Service rejected environmentalists' objections to a 12-mile right of way across the Ashley ...

Officials and oil companies in Utah are seeking to build an 88-mile rail line that may run through tribal land and a forest. Critics say the project may cause environmental issues.

A new $8.5 million pedestrian bridge in Salt Lake City that was built with the help of Union Pacific (UP) provides high school students, runners and pedestrians a safe way to cross five sets of ...

As the Beehive State continues to grow, more people are commuting, whether by car, train, or on foot, and we have seen more collisions on Utah's railroads.

STR is one of the only new railroads approved in the U.S. this year and one of the first railroads owned and operated by a Utah-headquartered company in the state’s history. “I want to congratulate ...