The Port of Long Beach on Wednesday is hosting a public meeting to solicit community input on plans to expand a staging area for double-stack trains. The goal is to increase on-dock rail usage in the harbor. Railroads have been increasing the length of their intermodal trains in order to operate more efficiently. Trains can reach 10,000 feet in length, which is too long for some marine terminals to handle at their own on-dock yards.
Long Beach has a staging yard in the vicinity of 9th Street and Pier B Avenue, and the port will solicit public input on a plan to expand that facility, said spokesman Art Wong.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will continue to pursue expansion of Union Pacific’s Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, located about 4.5 miles from the harbor, and construction of a near-dock facility that BNSF Railway plans to build adjacent to the ICTF, Wong said. Trucks shuttle containers from marine terminals to those near-dock yards.
Long Beach’s Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility is closer to the harbor and trains operated by Pacific Harbor Line will shuttle rail cars there.
Tonight’s public hearing is planned for 6 p.m. at the City Council chambers. Another hearing will be held on Sept. 16 at the port administration building.
Long Beach has a staging yard in the vicinity of 9th Street and Pier B Avenue, and the port will solicit public input on a plan to expand that facility, said spokesman Art Wong.
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will continue to pursue expansion of Union Pacific’s Intermodal Container Transfer Facility, located about 4.5 miles from the harbor, and construction of a near-dock facility that BNSF Railway plans to build adjacent to the ICTF, Wong said. Trucks shuttle containers from marine terminals to those near-dock yards.
Long Beach’s Pier B On-Dock Rail Support Facility is closer to the harbor and trains operated by Pacific Harbor Line will shuttle rail cars there.
Tonight’s public hearing is planned for 6 p.m. at the City Council chambers. Another hearing will be held on Sept. 16 at the port administration building.