DEDICATED TRAIN SERVICE
If you are regularly shipping large quantities into or out of energy regions, there are several advantages to shipping via unit train – a dedicated train service that departs from your rail-served facility and is dedicated solely to your shipment.
Unit trains provide more than twice the velocity performance of regular merchandise trains.
Shipping by dedicated/unit train also allows for:
- More efficient use of equipment
- Improved consistency
- Reduced dwell time
- Lower transportation costs
- Increased flexibility in destinations and capacity
A single dedicated train can carry approximately 69,000-81,000 barrels of crude.
A single dedicated train can carry approximately 9,800-11,000 tons of frac sand.
BNSF is one of the major oil transport and natural gas transport companies.
Dedicated train service offers advantageous oil shipping rates for Bakken oil shipping, Eagle Ford oil shipping and other major energy basin oil, gas and frac sand shipping.
Your Dedicated/Unit Train Facility
The BNSF Economic Development team can help you modify an existing facility or develop a new facility optimized for unit train service. Learn more.