Rail Transport
Rail transport is the most popular low-cost mode of transporting goods. Most cities and countries are interconnected with railways, which makes it possible to quickly and conveniently deliver goods by any distance. Its major advantages are high carrying ability and capacity at low cost, as well as uninterrupted scheduled dispatch of cargo flows. In addition, the quality of rail transportation and adherence to the delivery schedule are scarsely affected by the human factor, weather, or the quality of roads, which allows for more accurate planning of cargo delivery.
Bilax offers the full range of services for goods transportation by rail or combined transportation by rail and road. We will help you to arrange the best route according to your specific needs, handle all required paperwork, draw up loading plans and have them approved by the railway company. We can aslo arrange transportation of dangerous and oversized cargoes.
We can organise rail transportation from/to European countries, CIS countries, or China.
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Safety
Eco-friendliness
Frequently asked questions
Rail transportation is suitable for a wide variety of cargo, including raw materials, building materials, products, vehicles, containers and other. Piece, liquid, bulk or large – nearly any commodity can be transported by rail. Oversize is the only property that can potentially prevent it.
Railway consignment note is the principal document to cover international rail transportation.
Other required documents: waybill, freght bill, freight bill counterfoil, cargo acceptance receipt.
Wagons are classified by four basic properties: application, rail network type, number of axles, track width.
Feel free to contact us in order to find out the cost of rail transportation. To estimate the delivery cost, we will need to know the points of departure and destination, commodity, HS Code, total weight to be carried in a single car, pallet position weight.
