CPKC launches Mexico Midwest Express

CANADIAN Pacific Kansas City

(CPKC) has launched the Mexico Midwest Express (MMX) Series premium intermodal service bringing customers the first truck-competitive, single-line rail service option between the US Midwest and Mexico.

As the only dedicated intermodal trains operating daily between the Midwest and Mexico, the MMX Series provides the fastest transit times in the rail industry with seamless, expanded reach to more markets.

"The Mexico Midwest Express offers truly best-in-class service and represents the growth potential of providing truck-competitive service and reliable rail transportation options for shippers with the newly-combined CPKC," said CPKC President and CEO Keith Creel.

“This is a game changer for this essential north-south trade corridor. Customers already are signing up for these new options as to grow our business.”

Last month, CPKC multi-year agreements and with Knight-Swift for intermodal transportation along the CPKC single-line corridor. The MMX Series 11 with trains MMX-180 which now link Chicago, Texas markets, Monterrey Potosi. The trains offer