BNSF plans $100M capital plan for Kansas

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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BNSF's 2016 capital expenditure program in Kansas will be about $100 million and focus on maintenance projects that help ensure BNSF continues to operate a safe and reliable network. The largest component of this year's capital plan in the state will be for replacing and upgrading rail, ties and ballast.

 

BNSF also detailed its plans for Illinois, Colorado, North Dakota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Minnesota, Missouri, Washington state and California in the past few weeks.

“A safe and reliable network is critical to connecting products with key consumer markets whether they are in Kansas, across the nation or around the world,” said Matthew Garland, BNSF general manager of operations, Kansas Division. “At BNSF, we remain focused on operating a safe and reliable network so we can meet customer demands, as well as the needs of communities near BNSF rail lines in the state.”

BNSF’s maintenance program in Kansas includes approximately 1,480 miles of track surfacing and/or undercutting work, the replacement of more than 60 miles of rail and about 210,000 ties, as well as signal upgrades for positive train control. This year’s capital plan in the state also includes enhancements to BNSF’s Logistics Park Kansas City to enable direct rail/carload service from the facility and follows more than $550 million invested by BNSF in its network in Kansas over the past three years.

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