Rail Connectivity

FROM SEA TO QUEEN CITY. IN ONE DAY.

Take advantage of convenient access to the entire Southeast with intermodal rail service between Wilmington and Charlotte, NC, via the Queen City Express and North Carolina Ports Charlotte Inland Port.

The Queen City Express simplifies logistics. It provides service from the Port of Wilmington to Charlotte Inland Port – an intermodal shipping hub with direct access to major distribution corridors in the Southeastern U.S. It also offers reduced transit costs and no dwell times at either location. That’s smooth sailing, from sea to city. Both ways. Every day.

Get your cargo to Chicago, St. Louis and Northwest Ohio via the Wilmington Midwest Express.

To learn more about how you can benefit from NC Ports’ rail capability, call us at (910) 251-2793.

qce advantages

  • Shortens first and last mile truck transit
  • Lowers transportation costs for businesses
  • No dwell times at Port of Wilmington or North Carolina Ports Charlotte Inland Port (CIP)
  • Flexible staging at CIP with 24/7 access potential
  • Provides customers unprecedented access to southeastern United States
  • Reduces the number of trucks on roadways, therefore reducing emissions

WILMINGTON TO CHARLOTTE (IMPORTS)
STATUS NOMINAL TIME DAY LOCATION
Train Departs 01:00 – Port of Wilmington
Import Milestone 19:00 – CSX Terminal (CLT)
Available 08:00 Next Day CIP
Cut-Offs Trains Built
Nightly
CHARLOTTE TO WILMINGTON (EXPORTS)
STATUS NOMINAL TIME DAY LOCATION
Train Departs 06:00 – CSX Terminal (CLT)
Export Milestone 19:00 – CSX YARD (ILM)
In Yard 08:00 Next Day Port of Wilmington
Cut-Offs 17:30 at
CSX Terminal

port of wilmington

Location:

  • 1 Shipyard Boulevard, Wilmington, NC 28412
  • Access via US 17, 74, 76 and 421 + Interstates 95 & 40

Customer Service:

charlotte inland port

  • Address: 1301 Exchange Street, Charlotte, NC 28208
  • Phone: (704) 398-2076 or 1-800-782-6155
  • FIRMS Code: L385

csx intermodal ramp

  • Address: 5430 Hovis Road, Charlotte, NC 28208
  • Phone: (704) 392-3102
  • Operating Hours: 24 hours/7 days a week