Rail freight
The freight network
Operators, services and paths, wagons and loads, terminals and intermodal sites — with freight tracking as the feeds allow.
Freight operators
View allAustralia's largest rail freight operator, dominant in coal haulage and bulk minerals.
BNSFBNSF RailwayUSOne of the largest North American Class I freight railroads.
CNCanadian NationalCACanadian Class I spanning Canada and the central US, with a major intermodal network.
CPKCCanadian Pacific Kansas CityCANorth American Class I formed by the CP-KCS merger, the only railway linking Canada, the US and Mexico.
CNChina RailwayCNState-owned national rail carrier running China's freight and passenger network.
COLASColas RailGBFreight and on-track plant operator specialising in rail infrastructure, hauling ballast, rail and sleepers.
Terminals & intermodal sites
View allMajor London freight yard and interchange.
GBBarking Freight YardOtherEast London freight yard.
GBBirch Coppice Rail Freight TerminalIntermodalIntermodal terminal near Tamworth serving the A5 corridor.
GBCoatbridge Freightliner TerminalIntermodalFreightliner's Scottish intermodal terminal serving Glasgow and Edinburgh.
GBCricklewood Aggregates TerminalConstructionLondon construction aggregates terminal.
GBDaventry International Rail Freight Terminal (DIRFT)IntermodalMajor Midlands intermodal terminal and distribution park on the West Coast Main Line.
Freight corridors
View allDedicated freight-only railway linking Rotterdam with the German border and the Rhine-Alpine corridor.
GBChannel Tunnel freight corridorFreight corridorContinental freight gateway from the Channel Tunnel at Dollands Moor to London and the Midlands.
GBEast Coast Main LineFreight corridorKey north-south freight artery carrying intermodal from the Humber and north-east ports, plus coal and biomass to power…
GBFelixstowe to Nuneaton corridorFreight corridorThe busiest container freight axis in Britain, carrying deep-sea intermodal from the Port of Felixstowe to the Midlands…
CHGotthard Base Tunnel corridorFreight corridorFlat transalpine freight route through the Swiss Alps, the deepest and longest railway tunnel in the world.
GBGreat Western Main LineFreight corridorWestern freight trunk feeding the South West, South Wales and the Mendip aggregate flows.
Wagon & load types
View allTimber, steel sections
BYABogie covered steel wagonVan / coveredSteel
FEABogie flat wagon, container/timberFlat / containerContainers, timber
FIABogie flat wagonFlat / containerContainers, general
HHABogie open hopper/box, coalHopperCoal, coke
HTABogie coal hopperHopperCoal, biomass
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Freight
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Reusable freight reference endpoints, live tracking where the feeds allow, and a surface built to mirror the station pages.