Serving Carrier & Reciprocal Switching Information

Serving Carrier & Reciprocal Switch Application

The Serving Carrier & Reciprocal Switch Application is designed to provide customers with information regarding the serving carrier(s) for a specific location, including the switch status:

  • Open (serving carrier provides switching for other carriers).
  • Closed and Local (serving carrier does not provide switching for other carriers and requires involvement in the line haul route).
  • Restricted (serving carrier ONLY provides switching under the identified conditions).

To help locate a customer facility, a partial name spelling, followed by an asterisk, can also be entered in the Customer Name or City fields.

Reciprocal Switching Circular

The documents below list Union Pacific-served industries accessible to other railroads via reciprocal switch. It includes locations and fees UP charges other railroads for reciprocal switch services.

Once you have verified service to your location:

  1. If the origin or both facilities are on UP, check out our Price and Transit Time Inquiry. 
  2. If the origin is on another railroad, check with that carrier for pricing information.
  3. Contact your UP representative for further assistance, or send us a Rate Request (User ID and password required.)
  4. To receive notification on switching circular updates, please send an e-mail to reciprocalswitch@up.com.