Freight Train Driver Course
This course equips aspiring freight train drivers with essential skills for safe and efficient operations, covering inspections, route planning, hazardous materials handling, communication, and emergency response.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Freight Train Driver Course gives focused, practical training to build safe and confident operations in real situations. Learn exact pre-departure and on-board checks, wagon and locomotive inspections, braking systems, and performance limits. Master rules, documentation, handling dangerous goods, signaling, route planning, human factors, and emergency response so every trip is compliant, efficient, and well controlled.
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Develop skills
- Conduct freight train safety checks: brakes, wagons, cargo and locomotive.
- Plan and drive heavy freight: gradients, braking curves and low-adhesion rail.
- Apply rail hazardous materials rules: documents, placards and securement.
- Communicate with yards and control centres using clear, standard radio calls.
- Respond to rail incidents: protect the line, manage spills and report fast.
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