Alameda Corridor

Alameda Corridor
Aerial view showing Alameda Corridor trench in South Los Angeles
Overview
OwnerAlameda Corridor Transportation Authority
LocaleLos Angeles County
Websiteacta.org
Service
Typefreight terminal railroad
Operator(s)
History
OpenedApril 15, 2002; 22 years ago (2002-04-15)
Technical
Line length20 mi (32 km)
Number of tracks3
CharacterLargely grade-separated freight railroad
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Operating speed40 mph (64 km/h)
Route map

Butte Street Yard
Cargill PCCR USA
Reyes Industrial Lead
Del Amo Industrial Lead
Dolores Yard
UP
Intermodal Container
Transfer Facility
Wilmington Lead
Long Beach Subdivision
PHL San Pedro Subdivision
Manuel Subdivision

The Alameda Corridor is a 20-mile (32 km) freight rail "expressway"[1] owned by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (reporting mark ATAX) that connects the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with the transcontinental mainlines of the BNSF Railway and the Union Pacific Railroad that terminate near downtown Los Angeles, California.[2] Running largely in a trench below Alameda Street, the corridor was considered one of the region's largest transportation projects when it was constructed in the 1990s and early 2000s.[1]

  1. ^ a b Redden, J. W.; Selig, E. T.; Zaremsbki, A. M. (February 2002). "Stiff track modulus considerations". RT&S: Railway Track & Structures. 98 (2): 25–30.
  2. ^ Uranga, Rachel (October 20, 2016). "How an obscure Alameda Corridor rail agency avoided public accountability laws for years". Long Beach Press Telegram. Retrieved October 21, 2016.