Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Income Statement [Abstract]
Revenue	$ 3,539.5	$ 3,545.7
Operating expenses
Cost of transportation and services	1,887.3	1,945.1
Direct operating expense	1,137.7	1,106.2
Sales, general and administrative expense	400.9	432.0
Total operating expenses	3,425.9	3,483.3
Operating income	113.6	62.4
Other expense (income)	3.3	(1.2)
Foreign currency loss	10.6	5.5
Debt extinguishment loss	9.0	0.0
Interest expense	75.6	93.1
Income (loss) before income tax benefit	15.1	(35.0)
Income tax benefit	(9.8)	(15.7)
Net income (loss)	24.9	(19.3)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	(3.6)	(3.2)
Net income (loss) attributable to XPO	21.3	(22.5)
Earnings per share data:
Net income (loss) attributable to common shareholders	$ 19.5	$ (23.2)
Basic earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.18	$ (0.21)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.16	$ (0.21)
Weighted-average common shares outstanding
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares)	111.4	109.6
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding (in shares)	124.4	109.6