Types of carriages used in the railway transportation industry:
Hundreds or even thousands of different types of goods are shipped every day, many of which require specialized carriages to accommodate them. Currently, the most common types of vehicles in railway transportation are as follows:

ank truck: Most commonly used in consumer packaging products, auto parts, paper orders, canned food and bagged products
Bottom-opened or covered (specially designed for loose, untrayed goods such as coal, sand, cereals and wheat, corn, sugar, salt, etc.)
Flat-panel trucks – used to transport particularly large, long, or irregularly shaped cargoes such as oversized machinery or equipment, long poles, pipes, logs, wood, steel plates, beams, wind turbines, etc.
Oil tanker – used in liquid and gas commodities: petroleum, chemicals, gasoline, etc.
High side opener – used for high-density bulk cargo such as scrap iron, steel plate, gravel, etc.
Roller – Used to transport steel coils, copper coils and plastic pipes.
Refrigerated truck – a temperature controlled vehicle for transporting frozen meat and fish, fresh produce, milk, beer and more.
Special Vehicles – Special Track Vehicles for transporting large, fragile or unusually shaped cargo.
Most of the goods transported by rail are bulk goods, i.e. bulk goods.

According to ISO regulations, industry standards are 20-foot and 40-foot container types. To increase rail transport capacity, double-layer containers are sometimes used, a tool for transporting two-layer multimodal containers, mainly used in the United States.
There are also “carry-car trains”, which refer to the transportation device that can be placed on the back of other things. For example, road vehicles such as semi-trailer or truck-trailer combinations can be loaded onto a train with the help of a ramp or crane.

LCL or consolidation can be easily transported by rail. AGL International Freight Capacity provides LCL integration services and regularly transfers from China to Europe and Russia. You can click here to learn more about our integrated services and warehousing services in China.

When to choose rail transportation?
Rail transport is a great option, and if accurate delivery times are required, it is a timely mode of transportation and weather conditions rarely hinder operation. It is estimated that the speed of rail transportation is twice as fast as sea transportation and 8 times cheaper than air transportation.

Railway transportation is cost-effective and more efficient than other modes of transportation. Compared with road transport, it has a lower fuel cost, especially when transporting large volumes of goods, suitable for a wide variety of goods and is known for its multimodal transport. The containers and trailers used are compatible with road and rail freight, commonly known as intermodal transport, meaning there is no need to load and unload goods at the border crossing point; the entire container or trailer is simply lifted from the train and connected to the truck, and vice versa.

As for its environmental benefits, using rail transport helps reduce exhaust emissions because trains burn less fuel than trucks. High levels of safety are another benefit, such as GPS tracking, which is widely used on trains, ensuring the safety of goods during transportation.

Problems that you will encounter when you take the railway
The disadvantage of rail transportation is its lack of flexibility. Some delivery addresses are far from the train station. In this case, the goods will arrive at the nearest station and then be transported to the destination by land.

The approximate range of freight rates
When choosing rail transportation, please note that there are the following fees:

International freight can provide rail transport for full containers (FCL) and LCL, including routes from China to European countries, including Russia and Belarus, Central Asia and within the Russian Federation. This is also particularly used or distances from Russian ports is prohibited from land trucking.

In the field of domestic and international railway freight transportation, we provide:

The best route for rail cargo transportation
Multimodal container transportation, including door-to-door delivery
Contact the shipper to collect and prepare shipment details before rail transportation, namely: cargo preparation and container packing date, selection of placement and protection of goods, document preparation, delivery of loading containers to departure railway station, customs clearance, etc.
Container train transportation from the unloading port
Coordinate railway transportation (rail waybills) and other documents
24/7 Cargo tracking and notification
The company can provide railway freight transportation, such as from China to the Russian Federation, but it can also provide comprehensive logistics services, including:

Railway Transport Services
Organize customs clearance with EU countries,
Goods insurance, all insurance
Investigations and other services