A Nahgüterzug is the name given to a category of local goods train in German-speaking countries. It describes a type of goods train that, unlike the Durchgangsgüterzug

Durchgangsgüterzug

A Durchgangsgüterzug is a category of German train that describes a goods train that runs directly to its destination with the same train formation. No shunting takes place at intermediate stations and it is usually a unit train...

 (through goods train) - does not stay together for its entire journey; instead wagons can be added or dropped off at intermediate stations en route. And unlike the Übergabegüterzug

Übergabegüterzug

An Übergabegüterzug is a goods train that moves individual goods wagons on the first or last stage of their journey i.e. from the start to the first railway hub or from the final railway hub to its destination. Between hubs the wagons are hauled by Nahgüterzüge , i.e...

 (goods exchange train) Nahgüterzüge run from one railway hub to another, usually between two marshalling yards. Along the way various groups of wagons are detached or collected at the intermediate stations.