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Eurogate Rail Hungary, formerly Floyd Zrt, is a Hungarian private railway company founded in 2004 by Andras Bogdan. Its headquarters are in
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Floyd Co.
* * * {{Cite web , url = http://floydzrt-c.cegbongeszo.hu/ , title = Floyd Co. - Rail transport - B Address: the best source of supply , work = floydzrt-c.cegbongeszo.hu , year = 2012 , accessdate = 27 February 2012
Budapest
Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
. Rolling stock is usually black with the name of the company written on a pink stripe. The vehicles were therefore given the nickname ''Pink Floyd
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The company mainly deals with the transit and transport of goods, with daily services to the Budapest Intermodal Logistics Center and Hamburg
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. In October 2008, Eurogate purchased a 51% shareholding and ICE Transport another 23%, with Andras Bogdan retaining 26%. In January 2022, Floyd Zrt was renamed Eurogate Rail Hungary.
Fleet details
* British Rail Class 86
The British Rail Class 86 is a class of electric locomotives built during the 1960s. Developed as a 'standard' electric locomotive from earlier prototype models, one hundred of these locomotives were built from 1965 to 1966 to haul trains on t ...
- 450 series, nine locomotives
** 450001 (ex 86248), 450002 (ex 86250), 450003 (ex 86232), 450004 (ex 86218), 450005 (ex 86215), 450006 (ex86217), 450007 (ex 86228), 450008 (ex 86242), 450 009 (ex 86424)
* British Rail Class 56 - 659 series, three locomotivesNemesis Rail to refurbish trio of Floyd Class 56s heading for Europe ''Rail
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** 659001 (ex 56101), 659002 (ex 56115), 659003 (ex 56117)
* 60 CFR Series - 609 series, one locomotive
* CFR LDH 1250 - 429 series, one locomotive
* LDE CFR 1250 - 492 series, one locomotive
* LDE CFR 2100 - 429 series, two locomotives
* Bombardier Traxx
Alstom Traxx (sold as Bombardier TRAXX before 2021) is a modular product platform of mainline diesel-electric and electric locomotives produced originally by Bombardier Transportation and later Alstom, which was built in both freight and passen ...
- 185 series, with a rented locomotives
* '' Siemens ES64U2 (Taurus)'' - BosporusSprinter leased locomotives
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Floyd Co.
* * * {{Cite web , url = http://floydzrt-c.cegbongeszo.hu/ , title = Floyd Co. - Rail transport - B Address: the best source of supply , work = floydzrt-c.cegbongeszo.hu , year = 2012 , accessdate = 27 February 2012
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