CSX Corporation and BNSF on Friday announced new intermodal services they hope will convert over-the-road freight to rail through a seamless product between the two railroads.
A new service between Phoenix, Arizona, and Atlanta, Georgia, particularly targets OTR freight, the rail companies said.
"Through this new connectivity, CSX and BNSF are connecting Western and Eastern U.S. markets, creating faster, more reliable service,” said Drew Johnson, Vice President, Intermodal Sales and Marketing at CSX.
A new service launched between Phoenix, Arizona, and Atlanta, Georgia, aims to convert over-the-road (OTR) freight to rail through a seamless product between the two railroads.
Other new services include coast-to-coast, direct domestic intermodal services between Southern California and Charlotte, North Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida and direct international intermodal services between the Port of New York and New Jersey, and Norfolk, Virginia, and Kansas City.
“This collaboration between BNSF and CSX demonstrates the power of partnership, delivering greater flexibility, efficiency and value for our customers,” said BNSF Group Vice President of Consumer Products Jon Gabriel. “We are looking forward to these offerings providing immediate, streamlined service to the supply chain across key markets nationwide.”
Between Phoenix and Flagstaff, two new 10,000-foot sidings will further support this growing market by enabling more efficient meet/pass operations on the route connecting to BNSF’s Southern Transcon, the companies said.
CSX and BNSF are the two latest rail companies to prioritize inland U.S. freight moves and go head-to-head with trucking.
Union Pacific Railroad plans to launch Sept. 3 a new, truck-competitive domestic intermodal service connecting Southern California’s Inland Empire to Chicago, significantly boosting its intermodal capacity.
Union Pacific Corporation and Norfolk Southern Corporation in July announced an agreement to create America’s first transcontinental railroad – an $85 billion deal that will connect over 50,000 route miles across 43 states from the East Coast to the West Coast, linking approximately 100 ports and nearly every corner of North America.
