BNSF Railway has partnered with Ferromex (FXE) to launch new intermodal service between Chicago and Silao, Guanajuato, Mexico.
Scheduled to begin on 27 May 2014, the new intermodal service offers customers a reliable transportation option to move goods across the border.
The partnership with Ferromex to launch this service from Chicago to Silao means that automakers and manufacturers in the US and Mexico will now have direct access to the advantages of intermodal rail in the Bajio region, said BNSF executive vice president and chief marketing officer Steve Bobb.
Bobb added that "This service offers Mexico's fast growing manufacturing sector in the Bajio region a simple way to reduce trucking costs and delays."
Trains carrying intermodal containers will interchange at El Paso, Texas to and from FXE, which will operate the trains between the border crossing and Silao five days a week.
It offers a centrally located intermodal hub within 100 highway miles of the Bajio's major manufacturing centers of Leon, Irapuato, Celaya, Salamanca, Queretaro and Aguascalientes, in addition to a dedicated customer support team to track shipments from the in-gate in Mexico to out-gate in the US.