In rail freight transportation the terms wagonload or wagonload freight refer to trains made of single wagon consignments of freight. In the US and Canada...
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transport Piggyback (transportation) Rolling highway Unit train Wagonload freight "Rail Freight Shipping". Archived from the original on 20 February 2016....
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Speedlink (category British Rail freight services)
Speedlink was a wagonload freight service that used air-braked wagons and was operated by British Rail from 1977 to 1991. In the late 1960s British Rail...
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destinations. In contrast to this type of operation, which is known as wagonload (or carload) freight, there are also unit trains, which exclusively carry one type...
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SBB Cargo (category Rail freight transport in Switzerland)
Switzerland" business area, it is required – as system leader – to operate a wagonload freight network both within Switzerland and on the import/export routes. This...
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unfitted, wagonload, freight trains, and a desire to shift towards 'Liner Trains' (unit trains of shipping containers, and unit trains for freight, such as...
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continues to exist as of 2022. From the 1950s, British Railways reduced wagonload freight to individual railway stations as part of the Beeching cuts, with...
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Coal, Construction, Metals, and Petroleum. Other wagonload freight activities and containerised freight were organised in the Railfreight Distribution (RfD)...
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1971, having become surplus to requirements with the cessation of wagonload freight trains. The station's development was seen as a response to the potential...
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Withdrawn British Rail stock (section Freight wagons)
on the railways, e.g. widespread line closures and the decline of wagonload freight traffic. However, some of the diesel shunters withdrawn during this...
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