Service
Rail freight
Hopper wagons, mineral carriers and rail tanks across 1435 and 1520 mm gauge, including border transhipment.
Rail carries the inland legs that make a landlocked or CIS-origin parcel work at all. It is also where two European gauge standards meet: 1435 mm west of the change, 1520 mm east of it, and a transhipment or bogie exchange at the boundary that has to be planned rather than discovered.
We arrange wagons by type against the product — covered hoppers for prilled and granular material that must stay dry, mineral wagons for material that tolerates open transport, rail tanks for acids and solutions — and we plan the border crossing as a scheduled operation with its own handling window.
Wagon turnaround is the number that decides whether a rail scheme is economic. We report it per movement, together with dwell at the transhipment point, so the next parcel can be planned on evidence rather than on the last quotation.
Scope
What's included
- Wagon sourcing by type, with covered stock for moisture-sensitive grades
- Gauge change management — transhipment or bogie exchange at the border
- Loading supervision, sealing and weight verification at origin
- Rail consignment notes and transit documentation across each network
- Siding access and unloading arrangements at destination
- Wagon turnaround and dwell reporting per movement
Equipment
Wagon types
Covered hopper
About 65–73 t payload, gravity discharge, weather-tight hatches
Mineral wagon
About 65–70 t payload, open top, for material that tolerates it
Rail tank
About 50–72 m³, lined or clad for acids and solutions
Covered box wagon
For palletised big bags and 25 / 50 kg bags
Gauge standards
1435 mm in the EU, 1520 mm in the CIS — transhipment at the boundary
Where we run it
- Danube and Central Europe — Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, Serbia
- Poland and the Baltic states, onward to Baltic ports
- Romania and Bulgaria, onward to Black Sea ports
- 1520 mm network crossings at the eastern EU border
Documents that travel with it
- CIM or SMGS rail consignment note, and CIM/SMGS where the movement crosses both
- Wagon weighing certificate and seal numbers
- Transit declaration (T1) where applicable
- RID declaration for dangerous goods consignments
Related
Products moved under this service
Nitrogen fertilizers
Straight nitrogen in solid and liquid form — the volume backbone of most arable nutrition plans.
- AN 34.4%
- CAN 27%
- Urea 46% prilled / granular
Phosphate fertilizers
Ammoniated phosphates for base application and for blending into complex grades.
- MAP 12-52-0
- DAP 18-46-0
- NPS / Ammophos grades
Industrial chemicals
Process inputs and technical grades, most of them regulated in transport and several restricted in supply.
- Nitric acid 56–60% / 98%
- Sulphuric acid
- Sodium nitrite
Request a quote
Rail freight
Send quantity, delivery terms and destination and a trader will come back with a firm offer within 24 hours on working days. No price is published — every quote is prepared per shipment.