{"id":957,"date":"2016-07-11T18:15:43","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T18:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bajarr.com\/?p=957\/"},"modified":"2017-03-24T18:18:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T18:18:13","slug":"joint-venture-between-baja-california-railroad-and-pacific-imperial-railroad-provides-boost-to-regional-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bajarr.com\/en\/2016\/07\/11\/joint-venture-between-baja-california-railroad-and-pacific-imperial-railroad-provides-boost-to-regional-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Venture between Baja California Railroad and Pacific Imperial Railroad provides boost to regional growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Texto&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>The Desert Line rehabilitation will be an opportunity for the maquiladora industry in the region regarding transportation logistics. The reopening of this old route will become a new alternative for freight movement to the East Coast of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The Desert Line has a length of 70.06 miles from Tecate to Plaster City, consisting of 57 bridges that go from 9 feet to 650 feet tall, and 17 tunnels with a length from 174 feet up to 2,602 feet long, all clearing up a height from 21\u00b47\u201d to 24\u00b411\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In the agreement, BJRR will have the responsability to operate, maintain, and rehabilitate the existing RailRoad Track from Tecate Mexico\/ Tecate Mile Post to Coyote Wells, while PIR will rehabilitate the from Coyote Wells to Plaster City, connecting with one of the main RailRoad systems in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>This event is the result of a combined effort that demonstrates the importance of strengthening the binational relations between both countries.<\/p>\n<p>The Desert Line will be a new freight route that increases the freight capacities offering more logistical opportunities, reducing truck traffic in Mexico and the Unites States.<\/p>\n<p>Facts to consider:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Daily, there is a trade of $ 2.1 million dollars between San Diego and Tijuana.<\/li>\n<li>135,000 cars and 6,200 truck cross from Mexico to the United State daily at the San Ysidro, Otay Mesa and Tecate Port of Entry, with an estimate of a 2-hour border wait.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An estimated 6 billion dollars are lost annually due to border delays of trucks carrying freight.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Texto&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221;] The Desert Line rehabilitation will be an opportunity for the maquiladora industry in the region regarding transportation logistics. 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