Intermodal rail update

CSX Chief Commercial Officer, Kevin Boone highlighted the company’s strategic focus on growth during Deutsche Bank’s 2025 Transportation Conference in New York on Tuesday, August 12.

• Key points included network efficiency improvements, such as rerouting through the Howard Street Tunnel, which is expected to save 2 million out-of-route miles monthly in Q4. Completion of the project will also enable double stack transport on the I95 and the launch of new service offerings. 

CSX’s network has delivered 95%+ service over the last six weeks. 

CSX will be performing routine mega block track maintenance work from August 18 through October 9.  

• Typically, customers experience very little impact to their service during this annual event.   

Chicago gate change for Savannah lanes – Effective August 25, CSX will change the Chicago gate for domestic customers from Chicago 59th Street to Bedford Park for Savannah, GA and associated interline rubber-tire lanes

• Schedule updates, including gate change, new gate cut-off and availability, are outlined in the chart below. Please contact your Schneider representative if you have any questions. 

Union Pacific announced it will shift its Kansas City (KCIT) service from ICTF in Long Beach, California, to the City of Industry terminal in Southern California.  

• Domestic units moving to KCIT will now benefit from Union Pacific’s expedited premium network six days a week. This change will provide a more than 25% faster journey and up to 25 hours in transit time savings compared to current industry options, with just over 2.5 days transit.   

• This will temporarily slow traffic between Dallas and California.  As we learn more about the impact, Schneider will communicate impacted shipments. 

• The facility will eventually support preclearance of Mexico customs in the U.S., paving the way for new commodities to move into Mexico via CPKC and Schneider’s Intermodal solutions.