What is the difference between a freight train (i think thats how you spell it) and passenger train?

Question

please help!!!

Answer 1

A freight train (or goods as they used to be known in the UK) consists of wagons or vans, or flats with containers, loaded with any item that can be transported - from coal or oil to building materials, vehicle spares or complete vehicles, consumer goods, whatever.

They are generally much heavier than passenger trains and move between goods yards and other places such as factories, warehouses, docks, etc. where there are rail facilities. The wagons are sorted in large networks of sidings known as marshalling yards.

Their times are shown in the Working Timetable issued to staff, which gives all train movements but not in the Published Timetable i.e. the one available to the travelling public which only has the passenger trains.

The passenger trains consist of purpose-built carriages with seating (usually first and second or 'standard' class but some have only standard or only first) and possibly buffet and/or restaurant facilities and sleeping accommodation as needed. Some trains incidentally are classed as 'passenger' trains even though they do not actually carry any e.g. mail trains which are timed at passenger train speed.

Passenger trains are generally faster than freight trains and have priority over them at junctions, etc. Freight trains often have to pull into loop lines or slow lines to allow the faster passenger trains to overtake them.

Passenger trains themselves come in several classes of which the highest are the expresses, which take priority over everything else. In the UK the most important train of all which has priority over absolutely everything is the Royal Train.

Answer 2

Freight trains and passenger trains also have different braking systems, and are heavier than passenger trains. Therefore, the freight trains take a lot longer to stop, and they are harder on tracks, so they are restricted to slower speeds.

By the way, remember:
I before E,
except after C,
or when it sounds like A,
as in Neighbor and Weigh.

So, it's "Freight."

Answer 3

freight trains cannot carry passengers, only the crew.
passenger trains carry paying passengers that are trying to get to their destinations.
Passenger trains are always higher priority and are supposed to be given preferential treatment over freight trains and are usually allowed to run at higher speeds.
there are many more operational differences but that is the short version.

Answer 4

The type of cargo they carry & the number of amenities / luxuries on-board.

Freight trains are typically loaded MUCH heavier than a passenger train.

Answer 5

A freight train carries cargo,parcels or objects and no passengers. A passenger train carries people.

Answer 6

Freight trains have box cars to haul goods and they don't make frequent stops as they are heavy to stop.
Passenger trains have passenger cars with comforts like beds, lounges and dinning cars. They also make frequent scheduled stops.

Answer 7

Well it's like this. One carries stuff people buy, alias Freight Train. The other one carries the people that buy the stuff and sometimes the mail.