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Customize your shipping strategies with BNSF's diverse service portfolio.

• We offer two distinct service options, one emphasizing speed (Expedited Container and Expedited Trailer transit times average 800 miles per day) and the other emphasizing cost (Standard Container transit times average 600 miles per day).
• We partner with intermodal carriers who can provide containers or trailers and also assist with moving individual or multiple shipments, including interline traffic and complete door-to-door movement by arranging equipment, billing, draying, tracing, etc.

Take advantage of our extensive route and facility capacity.

• We have invested billions annually to expand and improve our network, which means more network capacity to meet your needs.
• We continue to increase capacity and implement new technologies at our intermodal facilities.
• We partner with intermodal carriers to provide containers or trailers, so owning your own equipment isn't necessary.

Access more major markets with our unparalleled network.

• Our 32,500-mile network gives you access to the fastest-growing consumer markets in the U.S, covering 96% of the U.S. population.
• We are the only railway to offer direct service between the West Coast and Atlanta.

Ensure your shipments arrive on time (and, of course, safely) by working with the fastest intermodal carrier in the industry.

• Named the fastest carrier in the industry for four years in a row by the Association of American Railroads (AAR).
• We deliver speeds that meet or even exceed single-driver, over-the-road transit times.
• We handle nearly one million loads per year of the most time-sensitive freight including Parcel, LTL and Temperature-Controlled.
• We have some of the most efficient and modern intermodal hub facilities in the industry. For example, our Automated Gate Systems (AGS) technology enables drivers to enter our secured Intermodal facility, drop-off the equipment (shipment), pick-up another shipment and depart the facility typically within 30 minutes.
• BNSF is best-in-class for safe and damage-free shipments.

Experience exemplary customer service throughout your shipment lifecycle.

• An integrated approach and cohesive team makes our level of service and responsiveness a true differentiator.
• We have a dedicated intermodal team, so they know what you're talking about—and what they're talking about.
• Our award-winning customer support is accessible 24/7/365, so you can be sure things will work out just fine even if things don't go as planned.

Customize your shipping strategies with BNSF's diverse service portfolio.

• First to offer truck-like intermodal service.
• First and only railroad to partner exclusively with motor carriers to market its intermodal services.
• First railroad to offer differentiated intermodal service levels.
• First and only railroad to offer single network reach from the West Coast to Atlanta.
• First railroad to champion the Logistics Park (LP) concept in designing Intermodal facilities at LP Alliance (DFW), LP Chicago, LP Memphis, and LP Kansas City.

• BNSF has invested in advanced hub technologies such as Automated Gate Systems and efficient wide span cranes to maximize driver turn times.
• Logistics Parks are revolutionizing inbound logistics by eliminating miles from the overall supply chain and allowing freight to move quickly to its needed destination.

We are constantly working on innovations to expand the flexibility of intermodal to support a broader range of cargo and technical specifications from customers.

With innovations like easy-to-use tracking software, we are making it easier than ever for customers to see everything in their intermodal supply chain and manage it even more efficiently.