Freight train comprising a plurality of wagons (3, 5, 7), which are coupled together and each of which having at least one container support space for receiving a container removable from the wagon (3, 5, 7), and an electrical wiring system, the plurality of wagons (3, 5, 7) comprising: two control cars, each of which is arranged at a different one of the two opposite ends of the train and has a control unit and a coupling element at least at a first one of its two opposite ends, at least one electrically driven motor car adapted to drive the train and having at least one electric motor and a coupling element (33, 35) at each of its two opposite ends, and at least one intermediate car having a coupling element (45, 47) at each of its two opposite ends, wherein each of said at least one motor car is connected via one of its coupling elements (33, 35) to the coupling element at the first end of one of the two control cars forming a releasable coupling, and wherein each intermediate car is connected at each of its opposite ends via its corresponding coupling element (45, 47) to one of the coupling elements (45, 47) of another one of the intermediate cars or of one of the at least one motor car or to the coupling element at the first end of one of the two control cars forming a releasable coupling, wherein said train comprises at least one electrical power supply means arranged on one of said wagons (3, 5, 7) and connected to said at least one electric motor of each of said at least one motor car via said electrical wiring system, and wherein the control unit of each of the two control cars is adapted to control the operation of the train, characterized in that the freight train has a maximum of two electrically driven motor cars and is driven exclusively by these motor cars, and the control cars are not driven. two control cars, each of which is arranged at a different one of the two opposite ends of the train and has a control unit and a coupling element at least at a first one of its two opposite ends, at least one electrically driven motor car adapted to drive the train and having at least one electric motor and a coupling element (33, 35) at each of its two opposite ends, and at least one intermediate car having a coupling element (45, 47) at each of its two opposite ends, wherein each of said at least one motor car is connected via one of its coupling elements (33, 35) to the coupling element at the first end of one of the two control cars forming a releasable coupling, and wherein each intermediate car is connected at each of its opposite ends via its corresponding coupling element (45, 47) to one of the coupling elements (45, 47) of another one of the intermediate cars or of one of the at least one motor car or to the coupling element at the first end of one of the two control cars forming a releasable coupling, wherein said train comprises at least one electrical power supply means arranged on one of said wagons (3, 5, 7) and connected to said at least one electric motor of each of said at least one motor car via said electrical wiring system, and wherein the control unit of each of the two control cars is adapted to control the operation of the train, characterized in that the freight train has a maximum of two electrically driven motor cars and is driven exclusively by these motor cars, and the control cars are not driven.