The transportation of bulky goods, special equipment and metal structures by road usually causes problems due to the need to issue permits for their transportation on a specific territory. In this case, the use of railway transport and platform rental is the best option to deliver such a cargo without bureaucratic fuss. Let's consider it in more detail and evaluate the main advantages.
Technical capabilities and types of platforms
The railway platform is an open platform made on the basis of the frame and wheelbase of a classic car. It has the same carrying capacity and, in addition, allows loading and transportation by open type:
- Long and heavy loads.
- Wheeled and tracked vehicles.
- Tanks and containers.
- Timber and bulk cargo.
- Tubes and coiled steel.
A ramified and rather efficient domestic railway network provides an opportunity for logistics companies to plan the shipment and delivery of goods from almost any region, and the possibilities of platforms, which are divided by their design into 2 main types:
- Universal - an open area with a low folding metal or wooden board.
- Specialized - open-type platforms that do not have boards, but are equipped with special mechanical devices for securing cargo on them (containers, timber, transport).
Allows the delivery of oversized and heavy cargo (weighing up to 71 tons), prohibited for carriage by road. You can find out in more detail about the possibilities of transportation on railway platforms, as well as ways of renting them, on the official website of the company that provides this type of service on a professional basis.
