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CPKC launches Mexico Midwest Express premium intermodal service
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n CPKC launches Mexico Midwest Express premium intermodal service\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n New single-line haul delivers fastest service in the market\n \n \n \n \n \n CALGARY, AB\n \n \n ,\n \n \n May 11, 2023\n \n \n /CNW/ - Canadian Pacific Kansas City (TSX: CP) (NYSE: CP) (CPKC) today launched the Mexico Midwest Express (MMX) Series premium intermodal service bringing customers the first truck-competitive, single-line rail service option between the Midwest and\n \n Mexico\n \n .\n \n \n As the only dedicated intermodal trains operating daily between the U.S. Midwest and\n \n Mexico\n \n , the MMX Series provides the fastest transit times in the rail industry with seamless, expanded reach to more markets.\n \n \n \"The Mexico Midwest Express offers truly best-in-class service and represents the growth potential of providing truck-competitive service and reliable rail transportation options for shippers with the newly-combined CPKC,\" said CPKC President and CEO\n \n Keith Creel\n \n . \"This is a game changer for this essential north-south trade corridor. Customers already are signing up for these new options as we compete hard to grow our business.\"\n \n \n Last month, CPKC announced new multi-year agreements with Schneider and with Knight-Swift Transportation for intermodal transportation services along the CPKC single-line north-south corridor.\n \n \n The MMX Series debuted\n \n May 11\n \n with trains MMX-180 and MMX-181 which now link\n \n Chicago\n \n ,\n \n Kansas City\n \n ,\n \n Texas\n \n markets,\n \n Monterrey\n \n and\n \n San Luis Potosi\n \n . The trains offer third-day service to/from\n \n Laredo\n \n , fourth-day service to/from\n \n Monterrey\n \n , and 4.5-day service to/from\n \n San Luis Potosi\n \n . MMX provides total transit time of 98 hours from\n \n Chicago\n \n to\n \n San Luis Potosi\n \n – a day faster than the nearest competitor.\n \n \n A diverse group of shippers, moving a variety of products, will utilize this new service. Single-line haul efficienc...