KCS opens new terminal in Texas

Written by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
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Kansas City Southern (KCS) celebrated the dedication of its new intermodal terminal in Wylie, Texas, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with local public officials July 30. After 12 months of construction, the more than $64 million terminal opened for operations on July 13.

 

“We are very pleased to offer our intermodal customers this new, world-class terminal for U.S. domestic, U.S. international and U.S.-Mexico cross-border shipments,” said KCS president Patrick Ottensmeyer. “The new terminal significantly increases the capacity previously available at the Zacha (Dallas-area) terminal, creates opportunity for planned economic growth and development and makes the city of Wylie and Collin County, Texas, even more competitive to shippers looking to locate new operations.”

The Wylie Intermodal Terminal has an automated gate system with high definition imagers, optical character recognition and biometric driver identification. It also has an annual lift capacity of 342,000, 1,500 parking spaces and 400 container stack spots. The terminal also has enhanced traffic signals, specific turn lanes and two 5,000-foot intermodal tracks.

The August issue of RT&S will have more details about the construction and opening of the Wylie Intermodal Terminal.

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