rail freight

• Rhymes: -eɪt

rail freight (uncountable)

1. Freight (or goods) transported by train.
   • 2019 October, Rail Freight Group, “Consequences of a no deal Brexit”, in Modern Railways, page 20:

     For rail freight, the key axis is through freight to and from Europe via the Channel Tunnel.

   • 2024 March 6, Pip Dunn, “Freight's future is in ISO containers”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 36:

     Here's the briefest history of rail freight. The railways are conceived for moving coal. They do well at that and immediately branch out into other freight. They do quite well at that, too - after all, compared with a horse and cart, they are a revelation.

• “rail freight”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.