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title: "RailX, case study"
url: "https://www.doddledesign.co.uk/work/railx"
section: "Work"
description: "RailX makes sustainable rail freight easier to quote, book and manage, with carbon savings and final-mile logistics built in. The platform has moved 20,000 containers for 100+ customers and saved over 300,000 kg of CO₂."
publisher: "Doddle"
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Case study · Logistics / Sustainability · Recent

# RailX: rail freight, bookable like a passenger train.

RailX makes sustainable rail freight easier to quote, book and manage, with carbon savings and final-mile logistics built in. The platform has moved 20,000 containers for 100+ customers and saved over 300,000 kg of CO₂.

![RailX hero](https://www.doddledesign.co.uk/images/work/railx/railx-booking.webp)

Client

RailX

Sector

Logistics / Sustainability

Engagement

OutSystems Delivery

Duration

Agile delivery, modelled on the booking experiences users already know

## Rail freight, bookable like a passenger train.

RailX set out to make sustainable rail freight as accessible as booking a passenger journey. Large logistics operators have always had the relationships to use rail. Smaller and mid-sized businesses haven't. The market was effectively closed to anyone without an existing freight team.

They needed a digital marketplace with serious logistics infrastructure underneath, and a customer experience that didn't ask non-specialists to learn the industry to use it.

100+

Customers on the platform

20,000

Container movements

300,000+

KG CO₂ saved

![RailX carbon impact view, showing CO2 saved per booking](https://www.doddledesign.co.uk/images/work/railx/railx-impact.webp)

Pledge-verified CO₂ saving on every booking, surfaced where buyers see it.

## A marketplace platform built on OutSystems.

**Trainline-grade booking flow.** An interface modelled on the consumer booking experiences users already know, designed for buyers who aren't freight specialists.

**Approved carbon calculator.** Developed in partnership with Pledge, every booking shows verifiable CO₂ savings versus road equivalents.

**Port-to-door logistics.** Managed solutions that handle first- and final-mile delivery alongside the rail leg.

**Real-time tracking.** Customers see the state of their freight without having to chase the operator.

**Agile delivery.** Detailed scoping, data modelling and customer-journey analysis, built in sprints with the founding team alongside.

**Process automation.** The operational backbone that connects bookings to operators, paperwork to compliance.

> “Their innovative approach and deep understanding of our vision, we've created an ecosystem that is reshaping our industry.”

Steve FreemanCo-Founder, RailX

![RailX freight tracking interface](https://www.doddledesign.co.uk/images/work/railx/railx-tracking.webp)

Real-time tracking, port to door - customers stop chasing the operator.

## A platform reshaping how the industry works.

RailX is in market, growing, and delivering measurable CO₂ reductions per booking. The platform combines logistics depth with a UX that opens the market to companies who'd never have used rail before.

Doddle continue to work with the RailX team as their long-term build partner.

MarketplaceSustainabilityLogisticsOutSystems

More work

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