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Ashcroft terminal
Ashcroft Terminal is a dry port and private inland transloading, container storage and distribution centre and member of the Canadian Government’s Asian Pacific Corridor Initiative in Ashcroft, British Columbia. Located 340 km east of Vancouver and 90 km west of Kamloops, Ashcroft Terminal is situated on mainlines for both Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and Canadian National Railway (CN).
Contents
- Ashcroft terminal
- Ashcroft terminal transloading materials handling and logistics
- History
- Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative
- Operations and infrastructure
- References
Ashcroft terminal transloading materials handling and logistics
History
Ashcroft Terminal has been in operation since 1997. Rapid expansion during the 2000s, thanks in large part to federal investment, has increased the inland port’s operations, infrastructure and capacity.
Asia Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative
On October 11, 2006, Prime Minister Harper announced the Asia-Pacific Gateway and Corridor Initiative (APGCI) with an initial investment of $5-million in federal funding. The expansion facilitated by the investment ensured increased capacity and access for shippers and logistics companies in the entire province.
In September, 2013 the development of an online platform financed by the federal government was announced by Thompson-Nicola Regional District. The website is The websites will showcase the regional economy, highlighting investment opportunity, including in agriculture, mining and forestry with Ashcroft Terminal featured prominently.
Operations and infrastructure
Ashcroft Terminal is located on 129 hectares of industrial zoned land with 141 hectares of surrounding buffer land. Onsite operations include:
The terminal contains over 30,000 feet of rail serviced directly off the CPR, servicing both CP and CN shippers through a zone 3 CTA interswitch.