2026-08-11 23:18:21 UTC / 路透社
2025年9月15日摄于美国纽约纽约证券交易所屏幕上的联合太平洋铁路公司标识。路透社/布伦丹·麦克德莫特
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洛杉矶8月11日路透电——美国第十一巡回上诉法院周二提交的裁决显示，六家美国铁路公司和两个行业协会针对一项要求多列列车至少配备两名乘务人员的新规定提起的上诉被驳回。
包括联合太平洋铁路公司（纽约证券交易所代码：UNP.N）和伯克希尔哈撒韦旗下的BNSF铁路公司（纽约证券交易所代码：BRKa.N）在内的美国全国货运铁路公司均反对联邦铁路管理局的乘务人员配备规定。
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这项规定出台的背景是，在2023年俄亥俄州东巴勒斯坦列车脱轨事故引发对铁路安全的严密审查后，工会组织一直致力于维护现有乘务人员配置水平。当年的脱轨事故导致装载有毒氯乙烯和其他危险化学品的车厢泄漏并起火。
铁路公司方面提出的论点之一是，乘务人员配备规定超出了联邦铁路管理局的常规规章制定权限范围。
他们还表示，该机构拒绝考量这项规定对于那些本已转向单人乘务模式的铁路公司将产生的成本。他们称，未将这一大类成本纳入考量，使得这项最终规定显得武断且反复无常。
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法院驳回了铁路公司的相关论点，并驳回了他们要求复审该规定的请愿。
一名法官持反对意见，认为联邦铁路管理局的研究和其他证据不足以支持乘务人员最低配备规定，且其成本效益分析未纳入铁路公司遵守该规定时将产生的劳动力成本。
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US freight railroads lose appeal challenging new rule requiring at least two-person crews
2026-08-11 23:18:21 UTC / Reuters
The logo for Union Pacific Railroad is displayed on a screen at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., September 15, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
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LOS ANGELES, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Six U.S. railroads and two industry groups lost their appeal challenging a new rule that would require many trains to operate with at least two crew members, according to a ruling filed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on Tuesday.
The nation’s freight railroads, including Union Pacific (UNP.N) and Berkshire Hathaway-owned (BRKa.N) BNSF, opposed the Federal Railroad Administration’s crew requirements.
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The rule came after organized labor fought to maintain crew levels amid intense scrutiny of railroad safety following a 2023 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, that caused cars carrying toxic vinyl chloride and other hazardous chemicals to spill and catch fire.
Among other things, the railroads argued the crew-size rule fell outside the FRA’s general rule-making power.
They also said the agency refused to consider what the rule would cost railroads that would otherwise have shifted to a one-person crew. Not considering that major category of costs made the final rule arbitrary and capricious, they said.
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The court rejected the railroads’ arguments and denied their petitions to review the rule.
One judge dissented, saying the FRA’s research and other evidence did not support a minimum-crew-size rule, and its cost-benefit analysis failed to account for labor costs that railroads would incur when complying with the rule.
Reporting by Lisa Baertlein; Editing by Chris Reese
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