Utah elected officials, BNSF Railway and Patriot Rail representatives at the ribbon cutting ceremony of the new BNSF Railway Salt Lake City Intermodal Facility on July 31, 2025. (Alixel Cabrera/Utah News Dispatch)
With the opening of a new 43-acre intermodal facility, Salt Lake City’s west side is now the home of two Class I railways, a move that Gov. Spencer Cox says will improve the city’s air quality and help lower prices of goods in the state.
The hub, located off Interstate 80 about 5 miles from Salt Lake City International Airport, is a collaboration between the Texas-based company BNSF Railway, Patriot Rail and the Utah Inland Port Authority, a project that has taken about a decade to come to fruition, state leaders said on Thursday at a ribbon cutting ceremony…