Category: News

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...

Hector Rail has purchased ten six-axle locomotives from DB Schenker (DB Class 151). The locomotives were built in the mid 70s. The delivery will be in 2016 and 2017, the locomotives are powerful but still much more cost-effective to buy than new locomotives. This makes these locomotives an attractive solution for heavy short-distance transports. A total of 15 such locomotives were purchased in order to ensure cost-efficient refurbishment and secure delivery of the respective spare parts in the future. With this type of locomotives, Hector Rail can offer a new concept in the comparable market to the borrowed modern locomotives, which is a standard solution for other non-official rail transport companies on the market. Thanks to the financial...