Rail

Every business, whether large or small, uses rail freight services at some point during the process of shipping their goods to market. But what many businesses don’t realize is that not all rail freight services are equal in terms of quality and reliability.

When choosing your rail freight service provider, it’s important to find out more about their reputation in the industry as well as their track record with regard to service issues and delivery times.

Rail freight uses trains to transport goods from one location to another by railway. Some of the goods transported by rail include automotive, forest products, raw construction materials, among others. Rail freight is much faster than ground freight and ocean freight.

However, railways end at some point, and unless it passes through your business, you might also need to use road freight to get your goods to the final destination. That means once the goods get to the nearest railroad terminal, they’re unloaded and loaded on a trailer that will get them to the final destination.