Rail freight transport is the use of railways and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers. A freight train, cargo train, or goods train...

Freight transport, also referred to as freight forwarding, is the physical process of transporting commodities and merchandise goods and cargo. The term...

Britain has been used to transport goods of various types and in varying volumes since the early 19th century. Network Rail, which owns and maintains...

Intermodal freight transport involves the transportation of freight in an intermodal container or vehicle, using multiple modes of transportation (e.g., rail, ship...

countries by rail usage. Usage of rail transport may be measured in tonne-kilometres (tkm) or passenger-kilometres (pkm) travelled for freight and passenger...

which carry freight. A wide variety of cargos are carried on trains, but the low friction inherent to rail transport means that freight trains are especially...

railway company responsible for the operations of most passenger and freight rail in Turkey. The company was formed on 14 June 2016, splitting off from...

North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) is a 7,200-km (4500 mile) long multi-mode network of ship, rail, and road route for moving freight between India...

Islands, connected by inter-island rail and road ferries. Rail transport in New Zealand has a particular focus on bulk freight exports and imports, with 19...

shipping. Like most railways, rail transport in Russia carries both freight and passengers. It is one of the most freight-dominant railways in the world...

Rail transportation in the United States consists primarily of freight shipments along a well integrated network of standard gauge private freight railroads...

Union's goal of increasing the efficiency and competitiveness of rail freight transport. European Union Agency for Railways (2023). Digital Automatic Coupling...

Intermodal freight transport uses standardized containers, which are handled by cranes. Along their routes, freight trains are routed through rail yards to...

Transnet Freight Rail is a South African rail transport company, formerly known as Spoornet. It was part of the South African Railways and Harbours Administration...

known as Railion and DB Schenker Rail) is an international transport and logistics company. It is responsible for all of the rail freight transport activities...

Transport in the United Kingdom is facilitated by road, rail, air and water networks. Some aspects of transport are a devolved matter, with each of the...

between major cities and for commuter transport in urban areas. It is used relatively little for freight transport, accounting for just 0.84% of goods movement...

In freight rail transport, interchange is the practice of railroads conveying freight cars ("foreign" cars) from other companies over their lines. This...

Transrail was a trainload rail freight operator based in St Blazey, England, UK with a large operating area including Scotland, Wales and the west of England...

Forsyth, David (19 December 1996). "Re: Longest freight train in the U.S." Newsgroup: misc.transport.rail.americas. Archived from the original on 13 February...

Mainline Freight was a trainload rail freight operator based in Islington, London, England with operations extending to Yorkshire in the north and Somerset...

417 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU). MSC subsidiaries operate rail freight transport in Portugal and Spain, cruise ships, and cargo aircraft. MSC operates...

70% of domestic cargo is transported by train. The relative weakness of rail freight is due to the lower price of truck transport which externalizes a larger...

more dependent on agriculture for rail freight traffic. By the 1990s road transport had captured most general freight traffic, with an average of only...

intermediary to arrange for the transportation of freight from the manufacturers to customers through rail transport and steamships. The services were later expanded...

Rail transport in the Netherlands uses a dense railway network which connects nearly all major towns and cities. There are as many train stations as there...

Trainload Freight was the sector of British Rail responsible for trainload freight services. The division was subdivided into four sub-sectors; coal, petroleum...

Rail transport is an important mode of long-distance transportation in China. As of 2024, the country had more than 159,000 km (98,798 mi)[a] of railways...

the transport of goods by rail. The company has proclaimed its ambition to realise a ‘modal shift’ in Europe, moving a greater amount of freight off the...

shipping decreased railroad's share of the total freight market to about 9 percent, or about half of rail's share a decade earlier. In 1995, the Mexican government...