Company History: Hector Rail is a Swedish-based independent train haulage provider operating in the European rail transport market, operating 50 locomotives. The company provides locomotives and drivers to freight customers who need to have whole unit trains hauled between two places with a regular timetable.
From start, the majority of the shareholders were the Høegh family from Norway, through Höegh Capital Partners. In September 2014, the company was sold to EQT Infrastructure II.
Hector Rail ran its first train on 12 December 2004, and now operates around 5 million train-km a year in Sweden and Norway. It began operating in Denmark and running trains from Sweden to Germany during January 2008. In 2009 Hector rail started to haul a passenger train, for Veolia. During 2016 Hector Rail took ownership of GB Railfreight after GBRF was purchased by EQT Partners.[citation needed] Between 2016-2019 Hector Rail operated Blå Tåget between Gothenburg-Stockholm-(Uppsala). In May 2021 Hector Rail began operating the trains for FlixTrain when they launched their services in Sweden.From Wikipedia
Item Links: We found: 2 different collections associated with Hector Rail - Railroad
From start, the majority of the shareholders were the Høegh family from Norway, through Höegh Capital Partners. In September 2014, the company was sold to EQT Infrastructure II.
Hector Rail ran its first train on 12 December 2004, and now operates around 5 million train-km a year in Sweden and Norway. It began operating in Denmark and running trains from Sweden to Germany during January 2008. In 2009 Hector rail started to haul a passenger train, for Veolia. During 2016 Hector Rail took ownership of GB Railfreight after GBRF was purchased by EQT Partners.[citation needed] Between 2016-2019 Hector Rail operated Blå Tåget between Gothenburg-Stockholm-(Uppsala). In May 2021 Hector Rail began operating the trains for FlixTrain when they launched their services in Sweden.From Wikipedia
Brief History: Sweden is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forests and glaciated mountains. Its principal cities, eastern capital Stockholm and southwestern Gothenburg and Malmö, are all coastal. Stockholm is built on 14 islands. It has more than 50 bridges, as well as the medieval old town, Gamla Stan, royal palaces and museums such as open-air Skansen.
Item Links: We found: 2 different collections associated with Hector Rail - Railroad
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- Collection Z Scale Trains: 1 different items.
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