Green Cargo AB is a
Swedish
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Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically:
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state-owned logistics company transporting various types of goods by
train
In rail transport, a train (from Old French , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles that run along a railway track and transport people or freight. Trains are typically pulled or pushed by locomotives (often ...
.
It was created on 1 January 2001 out of the logistics division of
Swedish State Railways
The Swedish State Railways ( sv, Statens Järnvägar) or SJ, originally the Royal Railway Board ( sv, Kungl. Järnvägsstyrelsen), was the former government agency responsible for operating the state-owned railways in Sweden.
It was created i ...
(SJ) and became a government-owned limited company.
Green Cargo operates
SJ Rc
The Rc class is the most used electric locomotive in Sweden. Rc is a universal locomotive used both in freight and passenger trains. The largest operator is Green Cargo, although SJ, Tågab, Hector Rail and the Swedish Transport Administration ...
-class locomotives; 42 Class Rc2 have been refurbished and upgraded to "Rd2" class by
Bombardier Transportation.
Green Cargo has purchased 16
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 ...
locomotives, named Re by Green Cargo, and 8
Softronic Transmontana named Mb by Green Cargo.
Gallery
File:Green Cargo Rc4 at Huskvarna.JPG, Rc4
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1169 in blue livery
File:Green Cargo 2009.jpg, Rc4 1317 in green livery
File:Rc original livery.jpg, Rc4 1290 in original SJ orange livery
File:Green Cargo EUR pallet.JPG, Green Cargo pallet seen at a Canadian Ikea store.
See also
*
SJ AB - public transport
*
SeaRail - part-owned by Green Cargo; operating freight waggons between Sweden and
Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...
References
External links
Green Cargo- Official site
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Government-owned companies of Sweden
Railway companies of Sweden
Privately held companies of Sweden
Swedish companies established in 2001
Railway companies established in 2001
Companies based in Solna Municipality