Logistics Park Kansas City Intermodal Facility

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LPKC Intermodal Facility
The container terminal with the large portal cranes, 2016
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Operating point type Container terminal
Design Through station
opening 2013
location
Place / district Kansas City metropolitan area
State Kansas
Country United States
Coordinates 38 ° 47 '24 "  N , 94 ° 57' 36"  W Coordinates: 38 ° 47 '24 "  N , 94 ° 57' 36"  W.
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The Logistics Park Kansas City Intermodal Facility (LPKC Intermodal Facility) is a container terminal of the BNSF Railway in Johnson County , Kansas . It is located in the Kansas City metropolitan area between the smaller towns of Edgerton and Gardner , about 50 kilometers southwest of downtown Kansas City (Kansas) . In intermodal freight transport, over 500,000 freight containers have been handled annually between rail and road transport since the opening in 2013 ; an expansion to 1.5 million containers is planned.

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Kansas (left) and Missouri (right)

The container terminal is on the main BNSF route between Los Angeles and Chicago . It extends between Edgerton and Gardner for three kilometers parallel to the Emporia Subdivision . It has eight parallel loading tracks with a length of 2.4 kilometers and two sidings. Eight large rail-bound gantry cranes are used here to move the freight containers between the more than 4,000 storage areas, the container chassis or the container wagons. Five loading tracks run between the rails of the gantry cranes and three outside on the north side, while the container storage areas are on the south side. For the transport of ISO containers out of the reach of gantry cranes since 2019 also come fully automatic straddle carrier (straddle carrier) by the Finnish manufacturer Kalmar used. The 180 hectare facility is in operation around the clock and employs 200 people.

The BNSF container terminal is the main part of the 690 hectare Logistics Park Kansas City , a warehouse and goods handling center used by Amazon , United Parcel Service and Spectrum Brands , among others .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ BNSF Dedicates Opening of its New Logistics Park Kansas City Intermodal Facility. Logistics Park Kansas City, NorthPoint Development, October 17, 2013. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  2. ^ BNSF Subdivision Map. BNSF Railway, September 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  3. ↑ Michael Angell: BNSF looks to turn around intermodal speeds as ecommerce powers freight growth. FreightWaves, September 27, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Jeff Stagl: Kansas logistics park offers big intermodal growth potential for BNSF. Progressive Railroading, January 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2019.
  5. ↑ Marc Davis: BNSF spending includes rail yard in Edgerton. The Kansas City Star, February 26, 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  6. ^ Gary Daughters: A Model of Modern Infrastructure. In: Kansas: From the Heart of America. Kansas Department of Commerce, 2017, pp. 30-33. Retrieved July 6, 2019.
  7. ↑ Lynn Horsley: Tiny JoCo town is booming. That's not good for everyone. The Kansas City Star, April 26, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2019.