Responding to an Amtrak request from late last year, the Surface Transportation Board announced today (July 11) it will open an investigation into Sunset Limited timekeeping issues.

[Last Tuesday]’s board decision also outlines the framework for the process — a detailed procedure that will continue well into 2024. Establishment of that framework is necessary since this is the first such investigation under the responsibility granted to the board under the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement act of 2008.