Rail Freight

With partners across the UK moving your Freight. Work with Brunswick to ensure your supply chains keep moving forward, sustainably and efficiently. Rail Freight is the fastest growing mode of Freight transportation in the UK. 80 Million tonnes of Freight were carried on the UK rail roads in 2024 accounting for £30 Billion in goods. Get in touch today and get your Freight moving on the fastest growing mode of logistical transportation.

The Most Dependable Logistics

Rail Freight has proved over the years to be one of the most reliable forms of Freight movement. With the UK government committed to electrifying an extra 4% of the rail network. The efficiency of Rail Freight will only continue to grow, with it's high efficiency, plannability and intermodality.

Intercontinental Rail

Brunswick International provides our customers with Intercontinental rail coverage. Enabling large volumes of Freight to be moved over continents. This includes Asia to & from Europe including Southeast and Northeast Asia. China to Europe via Germany, France, Benelux, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, Spain, UK & Czech Republic. Short sea-rail from Taiwan/ASEAN Nations to Europe via China.

Intercontinental Rail Services

Intercontinental Rail services come in two categories, according to your volume related requirements: block train and single rail container, the difference between the two are as follows.

Single Rail Container: Under the single rail container service, you can book full container loads individually. It comes with the option of door-to-door service, which includes trucking from factory to rail ramp and delivery from destination to your Warehouse.

How it Benefits you:

Multiple weekly departures

No minimum volume requirements

Block Train: The block train product requires you to book a full train under a single booking, with minimum of 41 containers and a maximum booking of 50 per train.

How it Benefits you

Allows large-volume transport at once

Predictable Transit time

Utilizes optimized routes

Prohibited Cargo Items

There are items that Brunswick International can and cannot move via rail the list below provides our customers with a comprehensive guide for for the type of freight movements that are possible

Standard Dry Commodities

2. Non-Standard Commodities (Subject to prior approval)

a. Foodstuffs & Beverages

b. Reefers or non-operating reefers (NOR)

c. Quarantine and photo-sanitary cargo e.g, raw timber, tobacco, etc.

d. Non-dangerous Goods chemical commodities (make-up commodities)

e. Car, Machinery, and other cargo containing liquids/oils/gas

f. Personal Protective equipment (PPE) items.

g. Irregular shape package or bare package (e.g. steel coil)

h. Battey and cargo containing any battery

3 Non Standard Commodity code (Not accepted)

a. Dangerous Goods (IMO Class - 1,2,3,4,5.1,5.2, 6, 7, 8, and 9

b. Liquids (in Flexitanks) and tank contaiers

c. Out of Gauge Containers (OOG), Open Top (OT) Containers Flat Rack FR Containers.

d. Cargo for military use

e. Radiation Cargo