California
Primary Service Areas and Clientele
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In California, Union Pacific serves the rich agricultural central valley, the Port of Oakland and the San Francisco Bay area, and the Los Angeles metropolitan area with its two major ports at Los Angeles and Long Beach.
Along the West Coast, the "I-5 Corridor" offers the most efficient possible north-south transportation service to freight customers in all three Pacific Coast states. This service ties to main east-west corridors at Seattle, Portland, Oakland and Los Angeles.
In Northern California, Union Pacific handles import-export automobile traffic at Milpitas, Fremont, Benicia and Oakland. In Southern California, Union Pacific serves major automobile distribution centers for Chrysler and Ford at Mira Loma, and Toyota at Long Beach. Union Pacific trains carry extensive varieties of import-export traffic through its Intermodal Container Transfer Facility (ICTF) near the Los Angeles-Long Beach harbors. The railroad also moves chemicals and manufactured goods, fruits, vegetables and canned goods in the Golden State.
Union Pacific played a key role in the Alameda Corridor project, along a 21-mile route connecting the LA/Long Beach harbor complex to downtown Los Angeles rail yards. Completed in 2002, this $2 billion-plus construction effort eliminated 209 grade-level street/rail crossings and doubled the speed of freight trains using the corridor.
Union Pacific operates major intermodal facilities at Oakland, Stockton, Long Beach and Los Angeles. Other terminal operations are located at Roseville, Stockton, East Los Angeles, West Colton and Yermo.
Daily Amtrak passenger service also runs over UP lines throughout the state. There also are extensive commuter train operations on UP tracks in Northern and Southern California.
To report rough crossings, or crossings blocked or obscured by vegetation (non-emergency situations only) within the state of California, please call (916) 789-6114. To report emergency grade crossing blockages or damage, please call 1-800-848-8715.
| Fast Facts in California | |
| Miles of Track | 3,312 |
| Employees | 5,703 |
| Annual Payroll | $435 million |
| Purchases Made | $147.6 million |
| Community Giving | $1,649,060 |
| Capital Spending 2007 Capital Spending 2003-2006 |
$290.7 million $865.2 million |