Wagon Utilisation


Wagons are a key asset in rail freight transport. UIC works in this area to ensure the interoperability, availability, and easy and safe hand over of wagons, which has a direct impact on operational capacity and overall cost.
ATTI
The Agreement on freight Train Transfer Inspections facilitates the train handover between partners. By becoming a co-signatory, you reduce the dwell (...) Read more...
Claim Settlement
In the practice of settling en-route damage claims, new questions about the correct interpretation of the GCU contract regularly arise. The working (...) Read more...
Corrective Maintenance / Restoring fitness to run
The keepers of a freight wagons must rely on the fact that en route repairs of their wagons are carried out in accordance with applicable technical (...) Read more...
GCU
General Contract of Use for Wagons defines the rules for utilisation of freight wagons. By becoming a co-signatory, you avoid time consuming bilateral (...) Read more...
Technical Inspection
Apply the same inspection criteria to determine the safe operations as your partners do. UIC assists you in optimising the common/shared rules which (...) Read more...
Wagon Utilisation
The requirements for wagon utilisation needs to be closely monitored. Evolving technical standards, legal regulations and new logistic concepts (...) Read more...
In a nutshell, Freight’s work in the wagon domain enables railways to:
  • reduce the number of bilateral agreements to be entered into
  • avoid lengthy train handover processes
  • operate and hand-over wagons safely

Rail Event - Fit for Freight Wagon Utilisation, 10/2022, Paris

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