The transiting freight disappeared in 1930 when the Ring Line opened.

The proportion of transit freight rose throughout the 1980s, and bulk cargos for Austria particularly so.

In other words, freight traffic, especially transit freight traffic, is growing massively.

The line can handle up to 200,000 TEU of containerized international transit freight per year.

Apart from local passenger traffic, there are transit freight trains linking Norway to the European continent.

In 1968, the company name was changed from Yellow Transit Freight Lines to Yellow Freight System Inc.

A connecting line directly from Nørrebro to Frederiksberg was used by transiting freight, in order to relieve the central station which had been pushing its capacity limit for decades.

He, along with his son George Powell Jr., and others, took over ownership of Yellow Transit Freight Lines, now YRC Freight, in 1952.

Nevertheless, Austrian clients-with 3.5 million tonnes, or a quarter of total throughput-still top the transit freight list, whilst trade with Italy, which now accounts for 15 percent of business, also grew rapidly.

Furthermore, the loss of lucrative transit freight on the key route through Switzerland (on which it formerly held a monopoly) occurred faster than expected, leading to further adjustment of cost structures by way of job losses.

On behalf of its owner, the Swiss Confederation, SBB Cargo performs the task of operating a nationwide rail network as a profitable, public enterprise and offering transit freight, thus making a considerable contribution to shifting traffic from road to rail.

In addition to passenger trains, the station is affected by a number of transit freight trains operated by both Trenitalia and other companies (Ferrovie Emilia Romagna, FFS Cargo, Linea, NordCargo, Sistemi Territoriali).