(The Canadian National Railway issued the following news release on September 10.)
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — CN today held a ceremony to mark the opening of a new $16 million Winnipeg intermodal terminal at Symington Yard on the eastern side of the city. The new terminal, which has been handling traffic since the end of July, was completed in less than one year from the date CN announced plans to relocate its Winnipeg intermodal facilities from south Winnipeg.
“The new Winnipeg Intermodal Terminal is a more efficient, customer-friendly facility than the one it replaces,” Keith E. Creel, CN senior vice-president Western Canada region, told the ceremony. “Intermodal traffic is CN’s fastest-growing business segment, and this new facility will enable CN to meet the growing needs of our Winnipeg customers.”
The new terminal can handle 100,000 lifts per year (the number of containers transferred between trucks and trains), an increase of nearly 20 per cent from the 85,000 lift-per-year capacity of the older terminal. The new terminal can be expanded to accommodate future growth.
The new Winnipeg Intermodal Terminal is part of a network of 20 intermodal terminals and satellites across North America, providing daily train service across Canada and to the US and Mexico. The fully paved site, adjacent to CN’s main line and within the boundaries of CN’s Symington Yard, features two pad tracks totalling 9,400 feet for loading and unloading traffic, and four support tracks.
Canadian National Railway Company spans Canada and mid-America, from the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to the Gulf of Mexico, serving the ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the key cities of Toronto, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., Green Bay, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, St. Louis, and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.
An overview of the new Winnipeg Intermodal Terminal is available on the following link: http://www2.cdn-news.com/database/fax/2000/WITenglish.jpg