{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Trackage Rights","description":"Trackage rights – in German 'Streckenrechte' – are the contractually granted right of one railway to operate its trains, usually with its own crews, over the track infrastructure of another railway. The owner receives a fee from the user, known as the tenant. With pure overhead or bridge rights, the tenant may only run across the foreign line without serving customers along the route; full trackage rights include serving shippers. Trackage rights play a central role in rail mergers: competition ","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/trackage-rights","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-07-27T19:40:53.436507","citation":"https://www.trains.com/trn/train-basics/abcs-of-railroading/trackage-rights-same-line-two-railroads/","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/trackage-rights","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Trackage Rights · Trackage rights – in German 'Streckenrechte' – are the contractually granted right of one railway to operate its trains, usually with its own crews, over the track infrastructure of another railway. · Quelle: https://www.trains.com/trn/train-basics/abcs-of-railroading/trackage-rights-same-line-two-railroads/"}