Rail

Mason Mega Rail

The nation's largest on-terminal intermodal facility

Rail on a whole new scale

The Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal is the Southeast’s busiest intermodal gateway. The Georgia Ports Authority is making $5 billion in infrastructure improvements over the next decade to capture greater market share in existing and new destinations for GPA. Savannah is rapidly increasing and expanding service across the Mid-American arc of inland markets, from Atlanta to Memphis to Dallas and beyond — with an industry leading rail dwell of 20 hours from ship to rail.

  • Mason Mega Rail

    The Georgia Ports Authority’s Mason Mega Rail Terminal, a five-year infrastructure investment, is moving cargo deep into key inland markets — in less than three days. 

    Sitting on 85-acres at the Port of Savannah, Mason Mega Rail is the largest on-terminal intermodal facility in North America, working 42 trains per week with capacity to handle 10, 10,000-foot trains.

Cargo moves from vessel to rail in an industry-leading 20 hours

Provides 18 working tracks, capable of handling ten 10,000 ft. trains

Adds 97,000 feet of new rail at Garden City Terminal, for a total of 34 miles of track

Expands the Port of Savannah’s rail lift capacity to 2 million TEUs per year

Enables more frequent, direct service and unmatched reliability

Better serves customers in areas spanning from Dallas to Memphis and into the Midwest

VIEW THE MASON MEGA RAIL FACT SHEET 

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