Rail Freight;
It is sensitive to the environment,
It is safer than other types of transportation.
It alleviates the traffic load of the highway.
There is a long-term fixed price guarantee.
While there are transit restrictions on the road in international transits, it is given the priority of transit since it is a type of transportation preferred by transit countries.
Although the transit times are slightly longer than the land route, the voyage times are fixed.
It is a very suitable type of transport for heavy tonnage and bulky loads.
It is a type of transportation that you can do without incurring high costs for your heavy and bulky loads. The speed of the vehicles used in this type of transportation is in parallel with the speed of the transportation service provided.
The transfer of underground resources such as coal, iron and agricultural and forest products to buyer centers can be done by rail transport. This environmentally friendly type of transportation provides serious cost advantages in long-distance transportation. Being suitable for mass transportation, it creates benefits that reduce the densities arising from other transportation types.
Existing infrastructure investments; Railway construction, operation and maintenance require high investment costs.
Therefore, in countries with state-run railways, this type of transportation activities are directly proportional to the efficiency and effectiveness of public organizations. Issues such as new additions to national and international lines, legal regulations and the number of scheduled flights require close cooperation between the private sector and public institutions.
Considering the situation that the highways fall into in bad weather conditions in transportation, railways should be made more convenient for the transportation of all loads, not certain loads.