Railway Operations and Logistics Course
This course provides essential skills for efficient railway operations and logistics, focusing on planning, cost analysis, network design, risk management, and data-driven optimization to support sustainable freight transport.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Railway Operations and Logistics Course equips you with practical skills to plan dependable rail transport, weigh up rail versus lorry costs, and create efficient networks. You'll cover routing, timetables, estimating travel times, basics of equipment and terminals, handling risks, key performance indicators, and optimisation using data to reduce hold-ups, manage expenses, enhance service, and back sustainable, low-emission freight plans for the future.
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Develop skills
- Rail transit planning: estimate door-to-door times on major East African routes.
- Rail cost modelling: compare rail, drayage, and lorry with clear break-even points.
- Network design: size fleets, plan capacity, and avoid bottlenecks in rail yards.
- Reliability and risk: build contingency plans, SLAs, and disruption playbooks quickly.
- Rail analytics: use dashboards, KPIs, and Monte Carlo to optimise rail logistics.
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