Ryder Opens New Alternative Fuel Friendly Maintenance Facility in Illinois

Last week, Ryder System held a grand opening of a new state-of-the-art full-service maintenance facility located in St. Charles, Illinois. The ceremony featured a ribbon cutting ceremony, tours of the facility, and Ryder advanced fuel vehicle demonstrations.

The new facility sits on 10.43 acres of land and features a 21,600 square-foot building outfitted with capabilities to provide maintenance to natural gas and other advance fuel vehicles across 6.5 compliant service bays.

“This new Ryder facility strategically located in St. Charles will allow us to better serve the Greater Chicago market while sustaining the rapid growth this area is experiencing,” says Dennis Cooke, Ryder President of Fleet Management Solutions. “With innovative features that support a variety of advanced vehicle technologies, the new St. Charles location will serve our fleet customers well into the future with expanded capabilities.”

The new Ryder facility offers customers convenient access to the major trucking highway IL-64, connecting the area to I-355 and I-88.