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Hector Rail and ARS Altmann have agreed that Hector Rail will transport cars from southern Germany. In total, Hector Rail will drive about 600,000 km per year for ARS Altmann. This agreement is valid for three years. ARS Altmann is a provider of wagon transport solutions and was founded in 1975. The wagons are provided by ARS Altmann and we are proud that ARS Altmann has placed so much trust in us in this business. This is our first contract in wagon transport and an important step in our strategy to become an important part of German rail transport", says Mats Nyblom, Managing Director of Hector Rail AB, "Traffic will start on 9th January. The annual production will exceed 125,000 cars which also means that in the course of the three year contract about 400,000 cars will...

Hector Rail and Samskip agreed on partnership in and around Sweden. From the first of January, six transport journeys per week between Helsingborg in Sweden and Dusiburg, in the Ruhr area in Germany, through Copenhagen in Denmark will be added to the existing operations. Hector Rail and Samskip already have a cooperation between Duisburg and Malmö, Almhult, Nässjö, Katrineholm and Gothenburg. The old and new operations are based on the concept of continuous locomotives between Germany and Sweden through the contact point through Denmark. January 2008, the cooperation between the companies starts with the first ever operated direct trains between Scandinavia and Europe. Nowadays the Duisburg-Helsingborg train is a night train preceded by a fast door-to-door transition period. Collections can be carried out within a radius of 300 kilometers around Duisburg and in the delivery area around Helsingborg the nearest...

Hector Rail and Trätag AB have agreed that Hector Rail will begin to implement the so-called "Trätags concept" at short notice. This means that Hector Rail will transport around 2.5 million cubic meters of logs from various logging terminals to a number of grinding plants in central Sweden. The first trains are expected to arrive in a crowd before Christmas. Hector Rail will initially work with today's set-up, but will drive the line with completely new electric locomotives in the future. These locomotives allow a smoother running production with bigger and heavier trains and the locomotives can operate at the terminals without catenary line and can be controlled by remote control, among others large terminals like Lomsmyren in Mora, Vansbro and Ljusdal can be mentioned in this context. Among the larger sawmills you can find Kvarnsveden in Borlängem Skutskät and Gruvön in Grums..."Anders,...

Mats Nyblom will resign as Managing Director of Hector Rail AB, but will remain as a consultant with Hector Rail Group. Mats Nyblom was elected to resign his position as Managing Director of Hector Rail AB on 23 December 2016. After I founded Hector Rail 12 years ago and have been its Managing Director ever since, it is now time for me and Hector Rail to move on. It was a fantastic experience to build such a promising company together with our workers, customers and suppliers. It's the right time to step back and leave it to the next generation." Says Mats Nyblom. "Hector Rail wouldn't exist without Mats Nyblom. His work and devotion is looking for its equal. I am sincerely pleased that...

Hector Rail owner, EQT Infrastructure II, has submitted an irrevocable offer to acquire GB Railfreight, the UK's third largest rail freight operator. the proposed acquisition is part of EQT Infrastructure II's strategy to create a leading and independent rail freight operator and expand the Hector Rail Group. The intention is to integrate GB Railfreight into the Hector Rail Group if this offer is accepted.EQT Infrastructure II has submitted an irrevocable offer by the Hector Rail Group to acquire GB Ralfreight, which is solely through Groupe Eurotunnel SE. The acquisition is the subject of consultation with Groupe Eurotunnel's CEOs, after which EQT Infrastructure II and Groupe Eurotunnel are ready to proceed rapidly with the transaction and enter into binding agreements.GB Railfreight, founded in 1999 by current CEO John Smith, is the third largest rail freight operator in the UK...

Hector Rail has reached an agreement with Skandinaviska Jernbanor to tow the so-called "Blue Train" between Stockholm and Gothenburg. This means that the "Blue Train" will be back on the market from 11 December 2016. The Blue Train is a coveted passenger train that focuses on the real travel experience with a high level of on-board service and food. the Blue Train began on 11 December 2011 and has since then offered a unique start in the Swedish travel industry. Scandinavian Jernbanor, the company behind the Blue Train, has decided to hire Hector Rail to be responsible for the final train production including the provision of production. Skandinaviska Jernbanor will focus on its core business, travel experience, and the Blue Train will bring the proud ice rink tradition to the future of the railways. Hector's

Hector Rail and Stora Enso have agreed to continue the cooperation of timber transport from Norway to a plant in Skoghall (Karlstad) and Grums until the end of 2022. The cooperation started in 2008 and the volume of the business has more than tripled since then, including the transport of an estimated 1.5 million cubic metres of timber from terminals in Gudbrandsdalen and Østerdalen. The new arrangement will be introduced in 2018 and includes Hector Rail's further expansion of the wagon fleet with larger profiles. The new arrangement focuses more on the environment, rationality and quality, and a large part of the production is driven by completely new locomotives. The new locomotives have a more environmentally friendly profile because they are able to produce electricity when braking. New locomotives also mean a high reliability and a robust and...

Hector Rail has signed an agreement with Siemens for the delivery of five new locomotives of the type "Vectron". The locomotives are electric, designed for the Scandinavian market and equipped with the so-called "Extra Miles" function. This means that the locomotives have a diesel engine installed and they are equipped with radio remote control. This allows effective shunting into and out of the terminals without possibly having access to a separate shunting locomotive. Under the agreement, there is an option to purchase 15 more locomotives by 2021, equipped with new ETCS rail safety systems. Two locomotives have already been built and will be delivered in 2016. These two locomotives are equipped with the conventional safety system without extra miles function. The remaining locomotives will be delivered in 2017, and the agreement also offers the possibility to increase the fleet to 20 locomotives....

Hector Rail has purchased ten used six-axle locomotives for the German market, plus five more as spare parts warehouses. Hector Rail has invested a lot in locomotive refurbishment and the first locomotive is now ready for the first implementation in new building conditions, or perhaps better than new. With this class of locomotives Hector Rail has a cost-efficient and powerful locomotive to make available to customers in the German market. Hector Rail innovates in everything we do. When the locomotives are refurbished, the tractive effort is increased and an air conditioning system is installed in the cab (not with the first locomotive, but the fleet is equipped with it). This is an important improvement to the locomotives with the expectations of locomotive drivers today. This year three locomotives will be delivered and all ten locomotives will be delivered before the end of 2017.

After several years of construction of previous lines for long trains and expansion of the double line, it is now possible to use the normal Swedish rails for 730 meter long freight trains. First comes hector rail. Lines with longer trains between Hallsberg - Malmö have proved their worth and now Hector Rail has started to run 730 meter long freight trains between Malmö and Katrineholm and between Malmö and Hallsberg. Sweden has built the previous lines for trains with a maximum length of 750 metres for several years. Now with extended double tracks and other types of measurements, the investment begins to pay dividends. Intensive efforts between the Swedish Transport Administration and Hector Rail have now led to the regular service in Sweden being operated on 730 metre long freight trains. Longer trains mean more at the same time...