International railway transportation is an international logistics mode that uses railway as the transportation tool to transport goods to foreign countries. In other words, international railway transportation, like international air transportation and international sea transportation, belongs to one of the international logistics modes.

However, due to the difference of railway transportation means, there are significant differences between railway transportation means and air transportation, sea transportation and other logistics methods, which are embodied in five aspects: timeliness, price, transportation volume, postal scope and security. In addition, the railway transportation is less affected by the natural environment during the transportation of goods, and can deliver goods to the destination more smoothly and stably.

At present, the railway logistics basically adopts the initial+final distribution mode to achieve cross-border transport services, such as Dutch postal parcels, first journey railway transport to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and delivery to Dutch Post after customs declaration, and then distribution to European countries. Therefore, railway transportation is also one of the logistics modes with strong competitiveness at present.

What are the characteristics of international railway transport?

After a brief understanding of international railway transportation, let's take a look at the specific characteristics of railway transportation and its differences from air transportation and sea transportation to help you make more accurate judgments when using logistics.

✔️Slow aging and good stability

One of the characteristics of international railway transportation: slow aging and good stability. In terms of logistics efficiency, the efficiency of railway transportation is much slower than that of air transportation. Taking the China Europe Express as an example, the overall efficiency of signing in is about 20-40 days, while that of air transportation is about 7-20 days, while that of commercial express transportation is about 3-7 days, which is much higher than that of railway transportation.

However, compared with sea transportation, the time limit of railway transportation is generally fast, and the time limit of European sea transportation is 30-50 days. However, in terms of stability, due to the consistency of the transportation mode and the mature transportation network, the railway transportation has a high punctuality rate and strong timeliness. The aging difference of railway transportation is basically caused by terminal delivery.

The cost of railway transportation infrastructure is high, but the transportation cost is low. In addition, the transportation volume is large, and the average freight rate per KG is relatively low. I compare the current air freight and rail freight quotations to understand the characteristics of rail transport in detail.

To Germany: the price of railway transportation can reach 40 yuan/kg, while the price of air transportation is about 70 yuan/kg (postal service). If it is a commercial express, such as DHL express, the freight of 1kg is between 130-140 yuan.

To the Netherlands: the price of railway transportation is about 42 yuan/kg, while the price of air transportation is about 72 yuan/kg (postal service). If it is a commercial express, the 1k freight is about 137 yuan.

International railway transport has a wide range of carrying weights and types of goods. In terms of weight, it can carry goods with a weight of less than 2kg or goods with a weight of more than 500kg. In terms of the type of items, you can send built-in electricity, supporting electricity, liquid items, cream items, cosmetics, kitchen knives, pure battery items, etc. For air transportation and sea transportation, most of them can only accept ordinary goods, and a few of them can use built-in electricity and supporting electricity.

The postal scope of international railway transportation is relatively small. According to the current intercontinental railway transportation lines, the postal scope is mainly for European countries, such as Germany, France, Britain, Italy, etc. In contrast, air transport logistics has a wide range of postal services, which can basically reach more than 220 countries and regions around the world.

There is little transit in railway transportation, and it is basically necessary to wait until the destination is delivered to the terminal logistics service provider. There are few transshipments, and the goods do not need to be scanned, warehoused and sorted many times. The rate of lost pieces, damage rate and loss rate are relatively low. In addition, railway transportation has a strong ability to resist natural disaster risks and is less affected. In general, security is high.

Conclusion

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