SBB Cargo International is a rail transport business founded as a joint venture between

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and

Hupac Hupac is a railway company in Switzerland. Hupac's Shuttle Net has 110 intermodal trains per day across Europe. Hupac also offers a rolling highway from Basel to Lugano. In 2009, volumes carried fell by 13.5%, to 607,284 road shipments; but pro ...

The headquarters will be at

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. handling international rail freight in Europe. SBB Cargo International is due to commence operations at the start of 2011.

History

Following the failure of SBB's plans to strengthen the profitability and financial independence of its Cargo division by selling stakes to other international railway operators, SBB Cargo changed to an alternative solution. A new railway undertaking called SBB Cargo International was founded in partnership with intermodal transport operator

. The new company focuses on block and intermodal trains on the European North-South corridor between

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and

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. The shareholders in the new company are SBB Cargo (75%) and Hupac (25%), with further partners possible in the future. The aim is to achieve cost leadership in the intermodal segment by optimising resources on selected routes and halving structural costs. The new company’s customers will primarily comprise intermodal operators, who will account for about 80% of the planned total sales of CHF 300 million.

Fleet

SBB Cargo International will, initially, lease 109

locomotive A locomotive or engine is a rail transport vehicle that provides the Power (physics), motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather referred to as a multiple unit, Motor coach (rail), motor ...

s from SBB Cargo; 59 will be

multi-system locomotive A multi-system locomotive, also known as a multi-system electric locomotive, multi-system electric multiple unit, or multi-system train, is an electric locomotive which can operate using more than one railway electrification system. Multi-system ...

s for cross-border use.

External links

HupacSBB Cargo International

References

{{Authority control Railway companies of Switzerland Rail freight transport in Switzerland Joint ventures Companies based in Olten Swiss companies established in 2011 Transport companies established in 2011