Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Arkansas Transportation Commission

Steele Hays, Justice.

The Kansas City Southern Railway Company, as an economy measure, elected to close its station at Mena, Arkansas, and assign the station agent to another location. Pursuant to Ark. Stat. Ann. § 73-809 (Repl. 1979), the company filed its Notice of Discontinuance of Agency Station with the Arkansas Transportation Commission, asserting that the discontinuance would result in operating economies consistent with public convenience and necessity. The closing was opposed by Mena residents and railroad customers. After taking testimony the Commission found that the closing would…