The planned investment is part of BNSF’s USD 3.57 billion capital spending program for 2019. Most of that will go to replace and maintain the railway’s core assets. BNSF will spend USD 405 million this year to upgrade its rail system running throughout Texas.
In Texas, the railroad will undertake expansion projects that include a new double-track project between the Alliance Intermodal Facility in Fort Worth and Cleburne, and two siding projects north of Dallas. The railway also is adding staging tracks at Eagle Pass Border Gateway to handle growth into Mexico.
“We operate on nearly 8,000 kilometres of track in Texas. Our continued capital investments in this state reflect our continued commitment to enhancing the safety, capacity and fluidity of our railway and enable us to meet our customers’ freight transport needs,” Janssen Thompson, general manager of operations for BNSF’s Red River Division, said.
In all, BNSF will perform maintenance on 680 miles of track in Texas and replace nearly 30 additional miles of rail and 210,000 ties.
In the past five years, BNSF said it has invested more than USD 1.8 billion to expand and maintain its network in Texas.
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