Standard Rail Integrates Rail Freight Estimation Platform Through Tratics Partnership
The integration, which “reflects a shared focus between Standard Rail and Tratics on embedding pricing intelligence across the rail logistics workflow,” means that a shipper evaluating a new distribution point can now “compare rail access, available services, and estimated freight costs across multiple locations in a single session—a process that previously required separate outreach to carriers, brokers, and service providers.” Estimates are generated instantly within the platform and are intended for planning and feasibility purposes.
According to the company, “rail freight cost has historically been one of the last variables a shipper learns about—often weeks into a planning process, and only after location, access, and service decisions have already narrowed. By the time a rate estimate arrives, the window for considering rail at all may have closed.”
The Tratics integration addresses this directly, Standard Rail noted. Rate context is now present from the start of the planning process, embedded alongside the infrastructure and service data that SIDINGS™ already provides. The feature does not provide live carrier pricing or initiate commercial negotiations; it is built to inform early-stage decisions about whether and where rail makes economic sense.
“Until now, you found the location, found the service, then started a separate process just to find out if rail pencils out. That’s backwards,” said Standard Rail CEO Robert Skarzynski. “Now the cost picture is there from the start.”
“We at Tratics are always looking for ways to simplify rail logistics for shippers,” said Tratics CEO Nderim Rudi. “Making Tratics rates available within the SIDINGS™ workflow is a great way to move the needle forward in our mission.”
