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...

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...

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

Freight transport, also referred 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...

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

Region Transport Corporation Aerial lift in India List of megaprojects in India PM Gati Shakti Rail transport in India Indian Railways Dedicated freight corridors...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

Rail transport in India consists of primarily of passenger and freight shipments along an integrated rail network. Indian Railways (IR), a statutory body...

Transport in the United Kingdom is highly facilitated by road, rail, air and water networks. Transport is a devolved matter with each of the countries...

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...

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...

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

company which has a de facto country-wide monopoly on passenger and freight transport by rail. Although the first railway tracks were constructed in modern-day...

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

freight from the West Coast of Peninsular Malaysia to its East Coast and vice versa. Construction began in August 2017. On 3 July 2018, Malaysia Rail...

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...

Rail transport in France is marked by a clear predominance of passenger traffic, driven in particular by high-speed rail. The SNCF, the national state-owned...

Rail transport is one of the two primary means of land transport, next to road transport. It is used for about 8% of passenger and freight transport globally...

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

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...

Rail transport in Australia is a component of the Australian transport system. It is to a large extent state-based, as each state largely has its own operations...