{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"Transcontinental Rail Corridors","description":"Transcontinental rail corridors come into play when shippers need something between the speed of airfreight and the cost efficiency of sea freight. They link national rail networks across multiple countries or entire continents into continuous freight lines – the Eurasian Land Bridge connecting China and Europe being the most prominent example. For freight forwarders, operating on these corridors means coordinating track-gauge changes (such as Russia's broad gauge versus European standard gauge)","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/transcontinental-rail-corridors","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T12:32:55.112262","citation":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcontinental_railroad","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/transcontinental-rail-corridors","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"Transcontinental Rail Corridors · Transcontinental rail corridors come into play when shippers need something between the speed of airfreight and the cost efficiency of sea freight. · Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcontinental_railroad"}