Freight traffic

There are two main strands to the CIT’s work to support the freight business:

  • to implement the legislation applicable and in particular the CIM Uniform Rules;

  • to simplify and standardise the working relationships between transport undertakings and between them and their customers. The CIT produces various reference documents to support this work: agreements, basic contractual documents, manuals and forms.

CIT members’ address book

Clicking the links below will provide the addresses of the various departments within CIT members dealing with international freight traffic:

CIM working bodies

CIT freight documentation is approved by the CIM Committee which is currently composed of the following undertakings: BDZ, ČD Cargo, CFF/SBB Cargo, CFL, CFL Cargo, CFR MARFA, DB Schenker Rail DE, DB Schenker Rail NL, EWSI, Green Cargo, HŽ Cargo, LG, PKP Cargo, RCA, RCH, RENFE, SNCB/NMBS, SNCF GEODIS, SŽ, TCDD, TRAINOSE, Trenitalia, VDV, ŽS, ŽSSK Cargo.


Recommendations for the decisions by the committee are made by the CIM Working Group together with small groups of experts:

CIM/SMGS groups

Documents drawn up jointly with the OSJD are produced by groups involved with the project to make the CIM and SMGS interoperable: