New Port Rail Yard Allows for Longer Trains

The Port of Long Beach is redeveloping a new rail yard.

LOS ANGELES—The Port of Long Beach has proposed a draft environmental study to redevelop the Pier B rail yard to allow for the assembly of longer trains. The new rail yard will simultaneously allow cargo to move faster and will make operations more sustainable. The proposal would shift cargo to an on-dock rail.

“The redeveloped Pier B rail yard would allow for the assembly of longer trains within the Port, increasing the use of on-dock rail,” Lee Peterson, lead of communications at the Port of Long Beach, tells GlobeSt.com. “On-dock rail improves the Port’s efficiency because it minimizes truck trips and moves cargo faster.”