New train tracks planned for Hauser to the valley
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Increasing train traffic is prompting BNSF Railway to make plans to install a second track from Hauser, Idaho, to Spokane Valley.
The project calls for a 4.4-mile second track to be installed parallel to an existing BNSF mainline track, which carries freight from Seattle to the Midwest. The project is to be finished by 2035.
The goal is to ensure double track capacity across the Idaho Panhandle to Spokane Valley.
An estimated 58 trains use the BNSF rail line every day. It’s expected by 2035, that number will increase to 114 trains daily.
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