Intermodal Fastest Cheapest
The transcontinental double-stack corridor — the highest-volume intermodal relation in North America.
Crosses: US
- Transit
- 4 d
- Departures
- 42/wk
- Indicative
- $1,800–$3,100
- CO₂ vs road
- −66%
Los Angeles → Chicago
1 rail service between Los Angeles ICTF in United States and Chicago Corwith in United States. Fastest is 4 days; cheapest starts around $1,800.
Through running — no gauge break
Both facilities serve Standard (1435 mm), so a wagon can run through without transshipment or a bogie change. This is the cheap case: no gauge break means no mandatory stop and no handling cost between the two ends.
Services on this corridor
Corridor facts
- Distance
- 3,300 km
- Fastest transit
- 4 days
- Services
- 1
- Origin gauge
- Standard (1435 mm)
- Destination gauge
- Standard (1435 mm)
- Countries crossed
- 1
- Best emissions
- 21 gCO₂/tonne-km
- Road benchmark
- 62 gCO₂/tonne-km