Carriage by Rail
In transporting your cargo by rail AsstrA offers a full service package, including a door-to-door delivery.
Rail transport is characterized by a wide variety of rolling stock, which allows transporting cargo of various dimensions to any distance and use any method of loading.
Cargo Types and Modes of Carriage
- unitized cargo with manual or automatic loading is transported in covered wagons or containers
- overweight and oversized cargo with overhead loading is transported in open wagons or on flat and transporter wagons
- bulk cargo is transported in open wagons or by using a specialized rolling stock
- for transporting motor vehicles and other specialized cargo we use specialized application-specific wagons.
- For transporting temperature-sensitive cargo we use thermos and isothermic cars integrated into a refrigerator unit and others, depending on the cargo type
Advantages of rail carriage
- high loading capacity of cars allows transportation of more goods in one unit of the rolling stock. One covered wagon has the loading capacity of 3 motor vehicles.
- ability to transport lightweight and voluminous cargo (over 120 m3) on a wagon train, which is very convenient in case of long hauls
Very often the cargo considered oversized for motor transport fits properly onto a rail carriage, which allows reduction of oversized cargo delivery cost.
Geography of Deliveries
- extended railway network
Full Service Package
- shipping of cargo to/from the airport
- cargo handling (weighting, marking, including that of hazardous cargo, execution of necessary transportation documentation)
- customs clearance of cargo
- cargo insurance by European leading insurance companies
- intermodal service (rail + road, sea, air) etc.)
- carriage in rail containers (especially in case the cargo transloading is not possible due to specificity of the cargo)