{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Rail Cargo Consolidation","description":"Rail cargo consolidation is used by freight forwarders and railway operators to combine shipments from multiple consignors into shared trains, maximising wagon utilisation and distributing fixed costs across several customers. Goods are collected at consolidation hubs – typically freight terminals or inland depots – carried on shared wagons, and deconsolidated at destination for final delivery. The model mirrors LCL groupage in ocean freight but is adapted to rail scheduling and infrastructure c","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/rail-cargo-consolidation","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T11:49:29.636431","citation":"https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/cefact/trade/freight/documents/FTR_Glossary.pdf","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/rail-cargo-consolidation","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Rail Cargo Consolidation · Rail cargo consolidation is used by freight forwarders and railway operators to combine shipments from multiple consignors into shared trains, maximising wagon utilisation and distributing fixed costs across several customers. · Quelle: https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/cefact/trade/freight/documents/FTR_Glossary.pdf"}