TX Logistik launches new intermodal relation in Sweden

Troisdorf, 28 May 2024 – TX Logistik AB has launched a new intermodal connection between Gothenburg, Eskilstuna and Umeå. The subsidiary of the German TX Logistik AG, which belongs to Mercitalia Logistics (FS Italiane Group), is thus further expanding its network in Sweden.

The new route will be operated with two round trips per week and 32 loading units per train. In addition to all types of cranable trailers, non-cranable semi-trailers can also be loaded onto the rails quickly and easily using the Nikrasa TX handling system, without having to change the existing standards in the terminals, on the wagon and on the rail. A corresponding number of Nikrasa plates are available. The new connection, for which TX Logistik provides all services itself, is operated as an open train system and is already being used by well-known freight forwarders.

In addition to cranable trailers of all kinds, non-cranable semi-trailers can also be loaded onto the rail quickly and easily using the Nikrasa TX transhipment system, without having to change the existing standards in the terminals, on the wagon and on the rail.

The intermodal train takes around six hours to travel from the Arken intermodal terminal in the port of Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast to the Eskilstuna intermodal terminal (west of Stockholm). After handling the trailers required there and picking up new units, the journey continues to Umeå in the north, where it takes around 14 hours to reach the intermodal terminal there. TX Logistik is currently the only freight railway to use the Botnia Railway route along the Swedish east coast, which freight trains can drive on at speeds of up to 120 kilometres per hour. This is possible because TX Logistik uses modern ETCS locomotives on the line, which is equipped with the European Train Control System.

The new connection strengthens TX Logistik’s network within Sweden. The company is already one of the most important providers of intermodal rail freight transport there. With seven round trips per week, for example, an open train system is operated on the route between Trelleborg, Malmö and Eskilstuna. TX Logistik transports groceries for the retail chain Coop on ten round trips a week between Kjula (very near to Eskilstuna) and Malmö, and a block train connection is operated for Lkw Walter as company train with three weekly round trips between Trelleborg and Eskilstuna. This service is supplemented by traction services, which are provided for the Scandinavian part of the route within the framework of European TX relations.

About TX Logistik AG

TX Logistik was founded in 1999 as a private rail transport company and maintains an efficient European network with connections in eleven countries. The company has subsidiaries in Switzerland, Austria, Denmark and Sweden as well as local office in Italy. In its Intermodal and Rail Freight divisions, TX Logistik develops comprehensive rail solutions for continental and maritime traffic as well as tailor-made concepts for conventional freight. With around 650 employees and 8.6 billion tonne kilometres, the company generated annual sales of 253 million euros in 2021. Since January 2017, TX Logistik has been wholly owned by Mercitalia Logistics S.p.A., a subsidiary of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.

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