ELIZABETH — The Port of New York and New Jersey’s ExpressRail Elizabeth facility marked a major milestone last week by transporting its three millionth cargo container by rail, which has removed an estimated five million truck trips from the road in the 18 years since the on-dock rail system was launched.
ExpressRail Elizabeth began service in 1991 as a way to move cargo containers from the ship to the marketplace by rail rather than by truck. Currently, about 12 percent of cargo containers are transported by rail. The Port Authority has invested $600 million to expand and upgrade the port’s rail system, which will provide the capacity to move 1.5 million containers a year when completed in 2012.
