Barstow International Gateway Approved by the Barstow City Council
First-of-its kind integrated rail facility will improve supply chain efficiency, create thousands of jobs, reduce highway congestion and support the movement of goods nationally and globally
BNSF Railway today announced the Barstow City Council has approved the Barstow International Gateway (BIG) project, marking a major milestone for one of the most significant freight infrastructure investments in California history.
The Barstow International Gateway is a planned 4,500-acre, state-of-the-art integrated rail facility on the west side of Barstow, California. The project includes a rail yard, intermodal facility, and transload warehouses designed to shift freight from international containers to domestic containers more efficiently and sustainably.
Containers arriving at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will move directly from ships to trains via the Alameda Corridor and onto the BNSF mainline to Barstow. At BIG, containers will be processed using zero emission cargo-handling equipment, then staged and built into trains headed east across BNSF’s national network. Westbound freight will also be consolidated at the facility, improving efficiency for trains returning to the ports and other California terminals.
