Indiana Rail Road adds container yard to Indianapolis intermodal facility

Indiana Rail Road adds container yard to Indianapolis intermodal facility

By Trains Staff | April 3, 2023

| Last updated on February 5, 2024


6-acre facility, slated to be completed May 1, will provide storage for 1,000 containers

Container stacking device at intermodal terminal
A container stacker at Indiana Rail Road’s Senate Avenue Intermodal Terminal. The railroad is building a container yard adjacent to the facility. Indiana Rail Road

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Rail Road has begun construction of a new container yard at its Senate Avenue Intermodal Terminal, the company announced Friday.

The 6-acre facility connects directly to a recent terminal expansion completed in December 2022, and is built to support more than 1,000 empty containers and an equivalent number of chassis.

“This project is another step to support our international Intermodal business, providing flexibility to our shippers while creating capacity for steamship lines to position their containers near the customer,” Indiana Rail Road CEO Dewayne Swindall said in a press release. “The synergies created at this facility further strengthens the supply chain system supporting the agricultural export markets in Central Indiana and the greater Ohio Valley area.”

The container yard is slated to be completed May 1.

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