The deal announced on July 29 would put roughly 40% of the nation's rail freight in the hands of a single company.

BNSF says that the service will be 24 hours faster than its standard product, and 48 hours faster than its previous service offering for the route. 

The company will work with customers in sectors affected by tariffs to help them get access to other markets, the CEO said.

Real-time insights from border crossings allow companies to re-route shipments, renegotiate supplier terms, or rebalance inventory before the ripple effects settle in.

To keep operations and supply chains stable, companies today need a freight strategy that can flex under pressure. That means going multimodal.

Speculation has been growing about a large merger in the North American rail industry under the assumption that the government will be more amenable to consolidation under President Donald Trump.

The announcement comes after months of scrutiny, including a comprehensive compliance review, along with the failure of the California High-Speed Rail Authority to address serious project deficiencies.

One approach that companies can take to strengthen their networks is to implement a purpose-built infrastructure in the form of out-of-band (OOB) management.

Freight between the U.S. and Canada was down 13.6% from April 2024, while freight between the U.S. and Mexico declined by 3.8% year on year.

Several services were scrapped and delayed in both directions on the morning of June 25, Eurostar said in a statement.