Union Pacific opened a new intermodal terminal on Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah, capable of handling nearly triple the amount of traffic as the existing terminal there.

Located at 1045 S. 5500 West in Salt Lake CIty, the new facility replaces an outdated 30-acre facility that was straining to keep pace with today's intermodal equipment and capacity. More than 1,300 containers can be parked at the new facility, compared to just 470 containers at the older terminal.

Truckers arriving from Utah, Idaho, Nevada and Wyoming will need as little as 30 seconds to process their containers through the gate instead of the usual four to 15 minutes, UP Spokesman Mark Davis said. "The older facility did not have the newer technology that we use today to help them be more efficient," he said.

The facility will handle 11 trains a day, with each train hauling an average of 70 rail cars.